Heading to
the drugstore? Clip a coupon - but read the fine print
Many consumers don't know
that deals are available on prescription medication. But generics are often
still cheaper.
More than 200 drug coupons available online or from
doctors or pharmacists have face values that could save individual consumers
tens to hundreds of dollars each year. But few patients seem to know about
them. Only about 1% of the 286 billion grocery coupons distributed last year
were redeemed, according to market research firm CMS Inc., but the percentage
is even lower, for now, for prescription drug coupons.
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Salt Could Soon Be on the Fed’s Hit List
The FDA is looking again at the role sodium plays in heart disease – and
foodmakers are scrambling. They've gone after tobacco. They've
gone after trans fats. Now, are federal regulators gearing up to go after
salt?
Prodded by consumer health advocates and the American Medical Assn., the
Food & Drug Administration is planning hearings that will reopen a
long-dormant debate over whether stricter limits on salt in processed foods
are needed.
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Study: Try honey for children's coughs
A teaspoon of honey before bed seems to calm children's coughs and help
them sleep better, according to a new study that relied on parents' reports
of their children's symptoms. The folk remedy did better than cough medicine
or no treatment in a three-way comparison. Honey may work by coating and
soothing an irritated throat, the study authors said.
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Nexavar Approved for Liver Cancer
The Bayer anticancer drug Nexavar (sorafenib) has been approved by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration to treat the most common form of liver cancer
that can't be surgically removed, medically called unresectable
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the drug maker said Monday.
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Web site aims to help ‘sandwich generation’
Caring.com covers financial, housing, other end-of-life issues
Adults with aging parents have a new resource for advice and information —
a Web site for people who provide care for elderly relatives. Backed by $6
million in venture and tested by 2,000 users, Caring.com targets the roughly
34 million adults providing personal aid, financial assistance, or both, to
an older family member.
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