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Wal-Mart set to open Panorama City grocery store
L.A. NOWAs unions and community groups dig in to stop Wal-Mart from opening a grocery store in Chinatown, the retailing giant is scheduled to open a Panorama City store Friday morning with little outcry. Los Angeles' first Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market will...... -
Giver, beware
Special to The TimesIt's a jolly time of year for companies selling health products. The credit cards are flying, wishful thinking hits an annual high, and shopper skepticism doesn't come easy. But many gadgets or supplements have all of the health-enhancing power of a...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Holidays, Personal Service, Gaming, Education
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Navigating medical cyberspace
Special to The TimesWe are drowning today in medical information — and, by and large, that's a wonderful thing. Only a few decades ago, it was considered radical when a bunch of Boston feminists dug out the kind of information we feel entitled to today and published...Tags: Best Buy Co., Inc., Services and Shopping, Education, Health and Safety at School, Health Products
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Shop around for deals on prescription drugs
If your insurance has ever stopped covering a prescription drug or you don’t have coverage at all, you know how quickly costs can mount. Americans spent, on average, $758 out of pocket for medication in 2012, according to a recent Consumer Reports...Tags: Statins (drugs), Prices, Services and Shopping, Rite Aid Corp., Actos (drug)
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Meth lab busts double in W.Va.
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia law enforcement agencies have seized 200 methamphetamine labs so far this year, setting a pace that's expected to shatter last year's record high. Authorities shut down 288 meth labs in West Virginia last year,...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Industrial Production, Crime, Law and Justice, Law Enforcement, Walmart
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Rosenthal: Health and hypocrisy at the drugstore
You now can go to a Walgreens and get examined by a medical professional. Maybe your blood pressure is a little high, or you've suffered from asthma for years. Walgreens has prescription and over-the-counter medications for you. And, on your way out...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Services and Shopping, Rite Aid Corp., High Blood Pressure, CVS Corp.
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Fake medicine poses growing threat to consumers
Consumers shopping for medicine on the Internet often are getting convenience, a good price and the cloak of privacy, but they may not be getting the real thing. A burgeoning multibillion-dollar industry of counterfeit drugs — ranging from AIDS...
Tags: General Practitioners, Crime, Law and Justice, Naperville, Food and Drug Administration, CVS Corp.
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Feed The Need Day Wed November 21st
What: Feed The Need When: Wednesday November 21st Where: Lafayette Marsh Supermarkets Coming up Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, The WASK Radio Group (98.7 WASK, 93-5 ‘KHY, K105, B102-9, and ESPN 1450AM) will be broadcasting live to help...
Tags: Medicines, Services and Shopping, Drugs and Medicines, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Letters to the editor
25x25 looks good -- on the surface Editor: Most Michigan residents support renewable energy but I cannot support Proposal 3, the so called "25 x 25" proposal that will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. This proposal would require the state's energy providers...
Tags: Nursing Homes, Solar Energy, Medicare, Prices, Services and Shopping
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Guidelines ensure safe cosmetology in Aberdeen
cball@aberdeennews.comBefore you place your foot in that salon's pedicure basin, remember to ask the right questions and save yourself a trip to the doctor. Bacteria and fungi from unsanitary salons can cause major health risks, according to the South Dakota Cosmetology...Tags: Consumers, Personal Service, Services and Shopping, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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Report: CT Has High Rate Of Doctors Dispensing Costly Drugs
The Hartford CourantNew research shows a sharp rise in the number of Connecticut doctors who are prescribing drugs to injured people on workers' compensation at higher prices than if the drugs were bought at pharmacies. The study conducted by Workers Compensation Research...Tags: General Practitioners, Services and Shopping, Labor Legislation, Insurance, Employment
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Website Helps You Pay Less For Prescriptions
We compare prices on airfare, hotels and gadgets, so why not do the same for prescription drugs. Now a new website called GoodRX lets you do just that. Americans spend more than 300 billion dollars on prescription drugs, often just paying whatever the...
Tags: General Practitioners, Medicines, Prices, Health, Services and Shopping
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