Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Medicare Part D beneficiaries are twice as likely to discontinue their medication when they enter the "donut hole" than to turn to generic or cheaper drugs, researchers from Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital and CVS Caremark reported in PLoS Medicines. The donut hole is when a beneficiary has to ...
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Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Goods touted in the schlocky TV ads are increasingly moving onto the shelves of big retailers like CVS and Target or online
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Using existing technology, researchers are hopeful that a simple blood test that can detect fetal DNA in expectant mothers will be able to diagnose Down’s syndrome as early as 8 weeks after conception. Unlike invasive procedures such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS), the test poses no risk to ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Last week’s kerfluffle over the Walgreens/CVS announcement that they would begin carrying a do-it-yourself DNA kit has led to the company to pull the product before it even hit the shelves. There was outcry and concern over the reliability of the tests and in how people might interpret them. Pathways ...
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
In a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of House and Senate Committees charged with oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Coalition for Vaccine Safety (CVS) is calling for hearings to investigate HHS, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other government agencies for ...
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