‘Health News’ Archives
GlowCaps Is Pill Time Reminder
Vitality, developer of the intelligent pill bottle caps called GlowCaps, today announced the availability of Internet connected GlowCaps on Amazon.com. GlowCaps fit popular prescription bottles available at retail pharmacies. A wireless chip inside GlowCaps helps remind people to take medications on time and gives caretakers peace of mind that [...]
Insurance Premiums Reach Record Levels
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) just released new data on insurance premiums for the year 2008. The data showed that the cost of insuring a family of four with an employer-sponsored health plan in the United States averaged $12,298. The Agency's new data for private industry further showed that the annual premium for [...]
How Do You Dispose of Unused Medicine?
from the desk of Ted Duboise Every year, the amount of medicines that are being produced and prescribed is increasing in volumes. In the U.S., the number of prescriptions rose to 3.7 billion in 2006 and the sales of over-the-counter medicines have increased by 60% since the 1990s.(1)(2) With these increases comes the concern of the fate [...]
America’s Health Fails To Improve For Fourth Consecutive Year
from the desk of Ted Duboise Press Release from America's Health Rankings: 2008 Despite record spending for prescription drugs and healthcare, America's overall health has not improved for four consecutive years. These findings were in a report, released Dec. 3rd, 2008, entitled "America’s Health Rankings", developed by a partnership [...]
Community Outreach Program Giving Away Drug Discount Cards
from the desk of Ted Duboise CORINTH, TX - Each year Americans fill over 3.6 billion prescriptions. When you break that down, that’s an average of one prescription per month for every man, woman and child living in this country. Yet, there are still 50 million people who have no health care benefits of any kind. “The health care crisis [...]
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