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| 02/28/08 |
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| 02/27/08 |
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| 11/17/07 |
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| 11/17/07 |
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| 10/26/07 |
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| 10/26/07 |
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| 04/24/07 |
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| 04/24/07 |
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| 04/24/07 |
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| 04/11/07 |
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| 03/24/07 |
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| 03/24/07 |
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| 03/13/07 |
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| 03/06/07 |
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PANDEMIC FLU KIT |
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At the last meeting of the Pandemic Preparedness Coordinating Committee, at New Canaan Town Hall, logical and precautionary measures were discussed and suggested. With these suggestions in mind, Langs Pharmacy has prepared a “pandemic flu kit”.
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| 02/15/07 |
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Kids do well on Flu Spray |
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FluMist vaccine -- a live virus in a nasal spray -- is much more effective than flu shots in protecting young children against the disease, a study has found.
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| 12/16/06 |
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Part D Open Enrollment Deadline Approaching |
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Open enrollment for Medicare Part D patients to choose or change prescription drug plans ends on Dec. 31. Pharmacists should encourage patients to make an enrollment decision as soon as possible to ensure a smoother transition on Jan. 1, 2007.
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| 12/16/06 |
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| 12/16/06 |
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| 12/16/06 |
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Soothing Migraine Pain |
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Migraine headache pain can be debilitating enough to prevent you from working and performing other daily activities.
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| 11/10/06 |
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11M Bottles of Acetaminophen Recalled |
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A major manufacturer of store-brand acetaminophen recalled 11 million bottles of the pain-relieving pills Thursday after discovering some were contaminated with metal fragments.
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| 09/05/06 |
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Counterfeit Drugs Linked to 10 Canadian Web Sites |
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BETHESDA, MD, 01 September 2006 — FDA warned consumers this week not to buy prescription drugs from Web sites affiliated with Mediplan Prescription Plus Pharmacy or its parent company Mediplan Global Health in Manitoba, Canada because of reports of counterfeit drugs sold by the firms.
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| 08/28/06 |
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TRAVEL GUIDELINES |
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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has put restrictions on liquids: "No liquids or gels of any kind will be permitted in carry-on baggage. Such items must be in checked baggage," says the TSA's web site (www.tsa.gov). There are, however, exceptions:
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| 08/11/06 |
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| 08/11/06 |
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| 08/11/06 |
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| 08/11/06 |
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| 08/03/06 |
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| 08/01/06 |
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| 07/20/06 |
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| 07/06/06 |
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High Tylenol Doses Linked to Liver Woes |
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Healthy adults taking maximum doses of Tylenol for two weeks had abnormal liver test results in a small study, researchers found, raising concerns that even recommended amounts of the popular painkiller might lead to liver damage.
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| 06/22/06 |
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| 06/21/06 |
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High Blood Pressure-The Silent Killer |
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High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is abnormally high pressure in the arteries. Having high blood pressure can contribute to stroke, heart disease, heart attack, and kidney damage.
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| 06/17/06 |
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| 05/27/06 |
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| 05/27/06 |
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Ped Med: The ADHD Treatment Tradeoff |
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Choosing appropriate therapy for a patient with ADHD has gotten more complicated. In the end, treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder comes down to a tradeoff.
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| 05/27/06 |
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| 05/27/06 |
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Commentary: Statin Drugs and Coenzyme Q10 |
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The widespread use of statin drugs is of special concern because they can lower the endogenous levels of Coenzyme Q10, the naturally-occurring form of ubiquinone in humans. Ubiquinone is widely recognized as an essential component of energy metabolism in the electron-transfer system in mitochondrial membranes.
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