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 Education Information - November 21, 2008
| U.S. consumers could have saved $20 billion in 2004 and even more during this and future years by using more generic drugs, according to a new report by Express Scripts, Inc. In reference to the U.S. commercially insured population, the study looked at six major drug-therapy classes and was based on a random sample of approximately 3-million individuals | | Since 2001 the state of Maine has offered a free state-sponsored program that offers telephone counseling and access to nicotine patches or gum resulted in 15-percent of participants remaining smoke-free six months after enrolling. Susan H. Swartz, M.D., of the Maine Medical Center and lead study author says, "Services must be consistent with smokers' preferences. We know from experience that many smokers would like to use medications to help them quit, so access plays a big role | | "Our research shows that consumers are familiar with Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill, the core Fight BAC! food safety recommendations, but they need more guidance about how to do these properly," says Partnership for Food Safety Education Chairman, Tim Hammonds | | Local representatives and senators were asked for more research funding to prevent pregnancy complications at the Women in Government's 7th annual regional conference, on September, 28. The number of preterm birth and low birth-weight infants are the most pressing obstetrical issues today, reports Michael Paidas, M.D., associate professor and director of The Program for Thrombosis and Hemostasis in Women's Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine | | Local representatives and senators were asked for more research funding to prevent pregnancy complications at the Women in Government's 7th annual regional conference, on September, 28. The number of preterm birth and low birth-weight infants are the most pressing obstetrical issues today, reports Michael Paidas, M.D., associate professor and director of The Program for Thrombosis and Hemostasis in Women's Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine | |
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