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Top 5 Ways to Avoid Drug Errors
Every month millions of Americans pick up their prescription at the pharmacy, only to discover that their pill looks different than the month before. Last month’s oval, white pills embossed with “3972V” are now round, and display imprint “ML24”....
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What Is a Middle Ear Infection?
Ear infections: if you’re a parent you know about this common condition that affects children, often at a very young age. The late night tears, the ear tugging, the repeated trips to the pediatrician, the pink liquid antibiotic. It’s...
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The Specialty Pharmacy: A One-to-One Personalized Approach
Maybe you’ve noticed: medications are getting more complicated, more personalized, and more expensive.
Look at some of the recent drugs approved for cancer, hepatitis C virus, or rheumatoid arthritis. These are three very different conditions, but many newer drugs used...
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Clearing Up the Confusion: Drug Names and Their Salts
You’ve given the pharmacist a prescription for your new diabetes medication called metformin hydrochloride, but when you receive your bottle and look it up on the internet, all you see is “metformin”, not “metformin hydrochloride.” Why is this? Is...
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Diabetes Symptoms & Complications
Symptoms
People with type 1 or type 2 diabetes may have a range of symptoms. These symptoms might include:
Frequent urination (polyuria) -- often at night (nocturia)
Excessive thirst (polydipsia)
Extreme hunger (polyphagia)
Dry skin
Weakness/feeling tired much of the...
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Diabetes Risk Factors & Prevention
Risk Factors
Risk factors are characteristics that can predispose you to developing a condition or disease. Just because you have one or more risk factors does not mean you will get diabetes. Risk factors for type 1 diabetes are not...
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Childhood Obesity: Is a U.S. Epidemic Improving?
Overweight or obese children in America
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity affects 17 percent of all children and adolescents in the United States, which equates to 12.5 million children - triple the rate from...
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