Does a CRISIS precede an EPIDEMIC ?

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Diabetes: Delaware’s Billion-dollar crisis http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2016/04/23/diabetes-delaware-costs-healthcare-insurance-sussex-maryland-prmc-beebe/83430538/ Delaware has a $1 billion time bomb strapped to its back. It’s called Type 2 diabetes. Today, one in three Delawareans has higher-than-normal blood sugar levels because they can’t efficiently produce and use insulin. Left unchecked, prediabetes and full-blown Type 2 diabetes can disrupt every organ system in the body, leading to blindness, amputated limbs, heart […]

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At CVS: Where their BOTTOM LINE HEALTH .. is everything ?

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

In search of fair drug prices http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20160422-column.html When CVS Health in February began taking over pharmacy operations at more than 1,600 Target stores, CVS Pharmacy President Helena Foulkes called the changeover “an important milestone.” “Our heart is in every prescription we fill, and providing accessible, supportive and personalized healthcare is part of our DNA,” she […]

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Today – 04/23/2016 – is start of KY Derby Festival

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

http://thunderoverlouisville.org/ http://www.wdrb.com/ Starting about noon on 04/23/2016 is the start of what we know locally as the KY Derby Festival. Everyone knows that the KY Derby is the first Saturday in May. Normally about two weeks before the Derby.. the TWO WEEKS prior the “kick off” for the derby is call THUNDER OVER LOUISVILLE… Which […]

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