Kerr Drug Taps 919 Marketing as Branding Agency

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 »

Herbal Medicine Review

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 »

Live Poor Or Die Early: How Serious Illness Treatment Can Drain your Life Savings

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 »

Hypertension, the silent killer

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Using Nicotine Patch 2 Weeks Before Quitting Increases Success

A recent report found that using nicotine patches two weeks before a scheduled quit date more than doubles the odds of kicking the habit of smoking. The new study was published this year in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco research. This could potentially help the twenty one percent or 44.5 million adult Americans that smoke make it a little easier to quit.

Skeptics believed that using the patch for two weeks while smoking would Read the rest of this entry »