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Brazilian Government Has Free Pharmacies for All

The sign above the window says "Pharmacy for Basic Health" Cross-posted at Public Option Health Care Now.Yesterday afternoon in Brazil, I went to a Brazilian Government public pharmacy (see above) to fill receive the medicine prescribed for me last week by the doctor at the...

American Man Moves to Brazil for Affordable Medical Care

Because of the cost in the United States of the medical care I need, and the medicines, I have discovered that I simply cannot afford to come back to the country of my birth.  Fortunately, Brazil has a lot to offer, including free medical care and medicines.Every two...

New Health Canada Warnings for Children's Cold Medicine

Children under the age of six should never be given cold and cough medications, advised Health Canada on Thursday, after reviewing the effectiveness and potential dangers of the drugs. Health Canada had previously...

Warning over internet painkillers

"UK experts have warned of the dangers of purchasing drugs online after a study showed wide availability of strong painkillers over the internet. A team at Edinburgh University found 35 websites selling...

More women in pharmacy, medicine: study

More women are joining the ranks of health-care occupations in Canada, including the traditionally male-dominated professions of medicine and pharmacy, according to a report released on Monday."TORONTO - It's no...

U.S retired Judge abuses power, sentencing 23 yr old to over a century in pri...

Judge Joseph E. Spruill Jr. of Fredericksburg, VA. sentenced a 23 year old man to over a century behind bars! Spruill sentenced Kiser to 120 years for robbing a pharmacy of prescription medication. Kiser was...

MinuteClinic Locations to Offer Flu Shots Every Day without an Appointment; C...

CVS/pharmacy, the nation's leading retail pharmacy, and MinuteClinic, the largest retail health care clinic in the U.S., announced today a commitment to flu prevention with the goal of delivering one million flu...

Instant Oxygen Flying Off NYC Pharmacy Shelves

Everybody just take a deep breath in...Ok, now someone remind to open up that oxygen bar I've been talking about; it's time to capitalize on the trend. "With 1 in 10 Americans is chronically sleep deprived...

£150 BRIBES TO QUIT SMOKING

If this works it's a £150 well spent because that will save tax payers so much more in the long run in NHS bills to treat ill smokers."Smokers could be PAID £150 each if they manage to kick the habit for three...

Widow: My husband died from online drugs

"WICHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- She found her husband on their bed in a pool of his own vomit, dead from an accidental overdose of drugs he received from an online pharmacy....

Help Make a Positive Change in the Downtown Eastside

Architect and professor Inge Roecker is leading a group of architecture students from UBC's School of Architecture in designing and building a Centre for Women's Health and Wellness in Vancouver's Downtown...

Anthrax? Time for Tea!

An interesting find, born from a bet between Welsh and American researchers... Tea has long been known to have health-boosting properties, but new tests show that English Breakfast tea can actually defeat anthrax,...

Banksy 'backs ban on plastic bags'

Looks like the plastic bag has had its day...."Banksy, the secretive guerrilla artist, appears to have joined the growing campaign to ban plastic bags.  The graffiti artist is thought to have struck again...

Kalbe Farma`s profit up 12 pct

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - PT Kalbe Farma Tbk, Indonesia`s largest publicly-listed pharmaceutical company, posted a 12 percent rise in its net consolidated profit in the first nine months ending Sept 30 on higher sales. Net profit in 2007 to September was Rp604.53 billion...

Drugs bought on the internet may be counterfeit

With the raise of hyper connected generation in the world, people really depend on the online shopping so called e-commerce. The trend of buying goods online become the most convenient way to consumers.Hence, the...

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