Online Rx Price Comparison Tools, Drug Discount Card Use Soars in Weak Economy

Demand for Web-based prescription drug pricing tools and Rx discount programs has soared in recent months, according to leading pharmacy executives. Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 18, 2009 -- AIS's Drug Benefit News -- Demand for Web-based prescription drug pricing tools ...

Joint Replacement Soars as Number of Docs Falls

Low reimbursement rates turning many young doctors off the specialty, researcher says THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- More people are lining up for hip and knee replacements, just as the number of surgeons who do them is falling, two new studies reveal. Both reports were prese...

Spending on Diabetes Drugs Soars in US

One more indicator of the growing epidemic of diabetes in the US is out. Spending on diabetes drugs is spiraling by leaps and bounds . According to a drug trend report released by the Medico Health Solutions, diabetes treatments trailed only cholesterol medications in total prescription drug ...

TB coupled with AIDS soars in Africa

Tuberculosis is back with a vengeance. The killer disease of the past is now killing millions in Africa as it has found a new partner in its destructive mission. Full-blown cases of AIDS coupled with TB is killing on an average three million people a year in Africa alone. What is alarming is that t...

Eating Disorder Figures Among Children Soars

UK-The eating disorder figures among seem to soar out of proportion, according to the Liberal Democrats. Statistics published in response to parliamentary questions from the Liberal Democrats show that the number of children being hospitalized with eating disorders has risen by a third in the last...

Child Diabetes Soars

A new research armed with facts and figures has shown the dangerous increase in Type 1 diabetes among children, especially in the last 20 years//. The number of children below five years of age, battling the scourge of Type 1 diabetes has risen five fold between 1985 and 2004. Type 1 diabetes...

Heart Failure Rates In The US Soars

A new study has revealed that there has been an increase in heart failure cases among the elderly, but the mortality rates are higher among women, // with men surviving for longer periods. There has been a 14% increase in the incidence of heart failures during the 1990 to 1994 period when compared...

Occupational therapists use Wii for Parkinson's study

... Its Ingrid Bells turn at bat. She steps up to the plate, awaiting the pitch. A 70-mph fastball soars toward her. She swings and connects with the ball. Foul ball! Everyone cheers for her anyway. This baseball games not taking place on a field, ...

New Case Study Details How an Illinois Hospital Created a Safe Lifting Team that Dramatically Reduced Injuries, Increased Staff Satisfaction

...givers, and measurement of patient and staff satisfaction. Download the free case study, "Illinois Hospital Reduces Lift Injuries, Staff Satisfaction soars with Lift Team Department and Liko Lifts," at: http://www.safeliftingportal.com/st_francis or call toll-free 1 888-545-6671. The Safe Lifting Porta...

Export of Herbal Products to Reach Rs.120 Billion by 2012: Study

...) across India, says a study. Herbal product exports can be accelerated with the setting up of EPZs in about 12 Indian states as their demand soars at a rate of over 25 percent in countries like the US, Britain, Spain, Australia, Russia and Indonesia, said the study "Future of Herbal Exports" cond...

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Mouth sores

... - Other related symptoms - Types and differences - Potential causes ... WebMD and the American Dental Association look at various types of cold soars and patches that can inhabit your mouth and what your treatment options are. Canker sores are shallow, painful sores in the mouth . ......

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New studies predict record land grab as demand soars for new sources of food, energy and wood fiber

LONDON (14 July 2008) -- Escalating global demand for fuel, food and wood fibre will destroy the world's forests, if efforts to address climate change and poverty fail to empower the billion-plus forest-dependent poor, according to two reports released today by the U.S.-based Rights and Resources ...

Meteorology student SOARS toward excellence, overcomes obstacles

VIRGINIA KEY, Fla. Roque Vinicio Cspedes, a junior at the University of Miami double majoring in Meteorology and Applied Mathematics, with a minor in Spanish, has been awarded a prestigious Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) mentorship. SOARS is a paid summer re...

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Merge eFilm posts steady income, though tax burden soars

Merge eFilm announced Wednesday that its net income for second-quarter 2004 showed a small gain over the same quarter last year. Though its net sales, at $8,907,000, were up 38%, the Milwaukee-based healthcare software company's bottom line suffered because it paid more than twice as much income ...

Beyond DTC: Pharma Industry Faces New Challenges, Competition, Strategies for Market Dominance

... NEW YORK, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As drastic cutbacks at major pharmaceuticals continue, competition soars from generics and challenge blockbuster drug teams. Social networks have entered the zone of physician and patient encounters. Advertising expenditure...

Ultrafast optical shutter is switched entirely by laser light

...ople have experimented with using vanadium dioxide film as the active ingredient in thermochromic windows that can block sunlight when the temperature soars and as microscopic thermometers that could be injected into the body. In 2005, a research collaboration teaming Haglund and Ren Lopez (now at the Uni...

Rocket docket speeds patent infringement suits

...essful IP attorneys already know: the Western District of Wisconsin is most favorable to plaintiffs, who have an overall win rate of 63 percent, which soars to 91 percent in cases that proceed past summary judgment. Nationwide, plaintiffs win only 35 percent overall and 61 percent after summary judgment...