An August 30, 2007 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Junell is a big victory for patients and physicians who have won the battle against Big Pharma. They will continue to have access to vital compounded and customized medicines, including bio-identical hormone therapy. Advocates including small pharmacies and makers of alternative therapies like T.S. Wiley, developer of The Wiley Protocol bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, patien Read the rest of this entry »
Kerr Drug, one of the most recognized and respected names in the chain drug industry for providing community based pharmacy care, announced today it has selected 919 Marketing, a nationally recognized marketing, consulting and public relations firm, as its marketing agency of record. The deal expands the partnership between the two North Carolina-based companies; 919 Marketing has been the public relations (PR) partner for Kerr Drug since 200 Read the rest of this entry »
Introduction
Herbal and supplement aisles abound in supermarkets and local health food stores nationwide, providing evidence of the booming market for “Complementary and Alternative Medicine” (CAM) products. In 1997, retail sales of bottled herbs at neighborhood pharmacies alone.
Sixty per cent of doctors’ surgeries in Scotland prescribe homeopathic or herbal remedies, according to a study of nearly two million patients, published in Read the rest of this entry »
Many families in America have been affected by medical bills and costly prescription medications associated with Serious Illness. People say that you can’t put a price tag on human life, but can you reach the point where you are just preventing the inevitable? Where holding on for just a few years or months is going to produce years of financial hardship on your family?
As horrible as it seems, there are people who have and will be faced Read the rest of this entry »
Study shows that antidepressants help improve stroke survivors thinking abilities.
It is already known that antidepressants can help stroke survivors by improving their mood. Now researchers at the University of Iowa reveal that the benefits of antidepressants extend beyond this. The study involved 47 patients who had had a stroke within the previous six months. They were assigned to one of two antidepressants, fluoxetine or nort Read the rest of this entry »