Feedback loops. That’s the focus that some of the highest profile consumer health startups have taken in recent years. Making scales smarter by pairing them with smartphone apps, using smartphone camera’s to track eating habits or to measure vital signs, pairing wireless-enabled pedometers...
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At CES in Las Vegas this week there were all kinds of new devices shown and some will make it and some won’t but this one looks like a winner. You may have already read about the Withings blue tooth and WiFi Scale at the Quack and now they are adding on the Iphone/Ipad connection for taking your...
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3 drugs are combined into one and this is the 3rd approved medication to combine 3 medications in one pill. It is approved for those patients who are presently taking a 2 medication pill and still having issues with keeping blood pressure in check. Tekturna is a prescription medicine for adults...
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60 Million tablets sounds like a lot of lot numbers for all to research. Last year when I began this little campaign I thought the number of recalls was going to grow and sure enough, just read the news every day. So to find the lot numbers visit the FDA website or the Bristol-Myers site...
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I’m going to use some experiences that my 86 year old mother had this week with phone calls from both entities. She’s a diabetic and has been for around 12 years and thus so is tuned in to taking her blood sugar readings every day and she does it like clockwork. She also has a good record...
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I would say this study may stand to have some effect on prescribing drugs for blood pressure control and over 120 is considered to be reaching up there to the high side with 130 of course being at the small end and 140 being considered high. As the article states diabetics need to keep blood...
If you have kept up on the news of the last couple of weeks, it’s move like this that start consumers thinking about where they get their drugs and looking for alternatives. Granted both chains have many locations and offer convenience, but when the game keeps changing all the time, consumers start...
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This is the next level in the dispute over money in healthcare, pharmacy battles, as if not being able to choose the doctor you want was not enough now we have this and with some employer benefit plans this is what we can expect, more battles. CVS has one item that Walgreens doesn’t have and that...
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We are seeing a lot of new and different affiliations today everywhere in healthcare and the letter today according to this article states that no new CVS-Caremark individual plans will be accepted; however those who are currently enrolled will be honored. It states further than Caremark pharmacy...
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