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  • Diabetes-related hospitalizations on the rise

    WASHINGTON Nearly 1-in-5 hospitalizations in 2008 were related to diabetes, according to a recent report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

     

    That means a total of more than 7.7 million hospital stays and $83 million in hospital costs, of which Medicare covered 60%, the report found. On average, diabetes patients paid $10,937 for hospitalization, while those without the disease paid $8,746.

     

     

  • CCA to offer members SMARTcare counseling tool

    BASKING RIDGE, N.J. The Convenient Care Association and SMARTcare have teamed up to provide CCA member clinicians with a counseling tool to educate patients about how to manage illnesses and conditions, SMARTcare announced.

    The SMARTcare counseling tool provides convenient care operators and clinicians with a database of education on managing common illnesses and conditions, and a reference guide to over-the-counter medications to treat symptoms.

     

  • AskScreenKnow.com gets interactive

    PRINCETON, N.J. Novo Nordisk's website AskScreenKnow.com features new interactive enhancements, offering additional information and resources on diabetes.

     

    AskScreenKnow.com visitors now can get involved through various interactive features on the site, including:

  • APhA to consumers: Get your flu shot

    WASHINGTON More than 120,000 pharmacists in 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have received training to administer immunizations against influenza, prompting one pharmacy group to urge consumers to get themselves vaccinated.

     

    The American Pharmacists Association is encouraging consumers to get influenza immunizations and consider their local pharmacies as places to receive vaccines.

     

     

  • Vaccines sector of healthcare market expands, report finds

    NEW YORK The global market for vaccines grew to more than $20 billion last year, according to a report by healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.

     

    The New York-based firm’s report, “Vaccines 2010: World Market Analysis, Key Players and Critical Trends in a Fast-Changing Industry,” indicated that the world market for preventative vaccines was $22.1 billion in 2009, compared with $19 billion in 2008.

     

     

  • FDA approves emergency contraceptive Ella

    SILVER SPRING, Md. The Food and Drug Administration has approved an emergency contraceptive pill made by a French drug maker.

     

    The FDA announced the approval of Ella (ulipristal acetate), designed to prevent pregnancy when taken orally within five days of unprotected sex or contraceptive failure, though it is not designed for routine use as a contraceptive.

     

     

  • FDA's new video addresses fracture risk when using PPIs

    SILVER SPRING, Md. The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 9 posted a video outlining the revised prescription and over-the-counter labels for proton-pump inhibitors that include new safety information about a possible increased risk of fractures of the hip, wrist and spine with the use of these medications.

     

    The video is a part of the FDA’s Drug Info Rounds, “a program by pharmacists for pharmacists,” and presented by the Division of Drug Information pharmacists division of FDA.

     

     

  • East Harlem walk-in asthma center opens

    NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer have announced the opening of a new asthma walk-in center in East Harlem, where the rate of childhood asthma hospitalizations is the highest in the city.

    The new East Harlem walk-in asthma center -- an expansion of the East Harlem Asthma Center of Excellence and a part of the City's PlaNYC initiative -- is aimed to reduce childhood asthma hospitalizations by 50% over the next five years.

  • Codman Square Health Center launches Fruit and Veggie Rx program

    DORCHESTER, Mass. Codman Square Health Center on Thursday hosted a press conference to celebrate the launch of its pilot Fruit and Veggie Prescription program, a health initiative whereby physicians can prescribe vouchers for local farmers markets and then monitor the impact of the increased fruit and vegetable consumption on patients’ health.

     

  • Diabetic retinopathy affects nearly 30% of U.S. diabetic adults, study shows

    WASHINGTON The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease caused by diabetes, has increased among diabetic adults in the United States, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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