Retail Clinics

  • Consumers unsure of how U.S. healthcare system works, survey finds

    WASHINGTON Despite widespread media coverage on healthcare reform, political debates and legislative initiatives over the past year, many consumers still do not understand how the healthcare system works, according to the 3rd Annual Deloitte Center for Health Solutions Survey of Health Care Consumers.

    The survey also found that, despite suffering from chronic conditions and often not participating in a wellness program, many consumers still perceive themselves as healthy -- a problem that will continue to challenge the healthcare system.

  • CVS Caremark chief medical officer: Retail clinic model has 'come of age'

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. As CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic passes the milestone of its first decade of delivering convenient access to quality care, and with the nation facing a historic expansion of the market for primary health care, MinuteClinic locations are poised to help primary care physicians handle the influx of 32 million citizens who will gain access to health insurance beginning in 2014, said Troyen Brennan, CVS Caremark chief medical officer, speaking at a Health Affairs Reinventing Primary Care conference on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

  • Latinos at great risk of developing diabetes-related vision issues, study finds

    BETHESDA, Md. Latinos have higher rates of developing visual impairment, blindness, diabetic eye disease and cataracts than non-Hispanic whites, researchers that were part of the "Los Angeles Latino Eye Study" have found. According to a press release issued by the National Eye Institute on Saturday, these are the first estimates of visual impairment and eye disease development in Latinos.

  • Mayo Clinic research finds older diabetic women have increased risk of colon cancer

    NEW ORLEANS Researchers at the Mayo Clinic may have found a link between colorectal cancer and diabetes in older women.

    The findings, which are being presented at the American Gastroenterological Association's annual meeting, Digestive Disease Week 2010, examined data from 37,695 participants of the Iowa Women’s Health Study, which enrolled women ages 55 to 69 years in 1986 and remains ongoing. Of these women, 2,361 reported a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes and 1,200 developed colorectal cancer.

  • McNeil Consumer Healthcare recalls lots of infants', children's OTC medicines

    FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. McNeil Consumer Healthcare on Friday voluntarily recalled all lots that have not yet expired of certain over-the-counter children’s and infants’ liquid products in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration.

    McNeil Consumer initiated the recall because some of these products may not meet required quality standards, though no adverse medical events have been reported, the company stated. “However, as a precautionary measure, parents and caregivers should not administer these products to their children.”

  • Study: Vitamin B may decrease kidney function in diabetic nephropathy patients

    NEW YORK Patients with a kidney disease caused by diabetes that receive high-dose vitamin B therapy are more likely to have decreased kidney function and an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study found.

  • Head lice meets its match in LiceGuard's Robi Comb

    NEW YORK LiceGuard has developed an innovative, nontoxic method to detect and destroy lice.

     

    LiceGuard's Robi Comb is a quick, electronic comb that detects and kills head lice, which then are combed out of hair. LiceGuard's Robi Comb and other all-natural products are supported by Healthy Child -- a nonprofit organization focused on reducing and eliminating chemical exposures from home products, furnishings and food.

     

  • MinuteClinic enters partnership with Catholic Healthcare West

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. MinuteClinic and Catholic Healthcare West, the eighth-largest hospital provider in the nation, have entered into a clinical collaboration to enhance the healthcare services they provide in communities throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area.

  • Study finds larger-than-expected gap in medication nonadherence

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. A recent study by CVS Caremark and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield looked at e-prescribing data and found that not only are a significant number of patients with chronic illnesses not filling their prescriptions, but the issue of nonadherence also is larger than previously thought.

  • Honey Naturals to unveil Zarbee's cough syrup to national retailers

    SALT LAKE CITY Honey Naturals is looking to expand the distribution of its ZarBee's all-natural children's cough syrup.

     

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