DRUG
STORE CHAINS
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CVS
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. . pharmacy is made up of 110,000 dedicated men and women in
over 4,100 stores, 9 distribution centers, regional offices,
PharmaCare headquarters, and the Store Support Center in Woonsocket,
Rhode Island.
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Eckerd
Drugs
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. . . is proud that it services local communities focusing on
supporting organizations that benefit education, health care,
women and children goes hand-in-hand with Eckerd Corporation's
century long tradition of caring for people in its neighborhoods.
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National
Association of Chain Drug Stores
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. . is the country's largest pharmacy organization. NACDS membership
consists of more than 210 chain community pharmacy companies.
Collectively, chain community pharmacy comprises the largest
component of pharmacy practice with over 107,000 FTE pharmacists.
The chain community pharmacy industry is comprised of 20,500
traditional chain drug stores, 8,800 supermarket pharmacies,
and nearly 6,300 mass merchant pharmacies.
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Rite
Aid
Corporation
is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains, combining its
modern store base, strong brand name, modern distribution centers
and superior pharmacy technology with a talented team of approximately
72,000 full and part-time associates serving customers in 28
states and the District of Columbia. Rite Aid currently operates
approximately 3400 stores.
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Savon
Albertson's
donated more than $48 million cash and in-kind donations to
help meet community needs. Support included over 20 million
pounds of food and nearly $13 million through the Albertson's
Community Partners Card. And, this does not include the donations
of money, time and talent our associates' individually chose
to make to their favorite charities or money raised through
in-store promotions for various charitable causes.
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Walgreens
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. . promotes health initiatives, your source for comprehensive
pharmacy benefit management services including mail service,
home care, and specialty pharmacy services.
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Complete
Home Medical Guide
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. . from Columbia University's consumer health Guide.
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eMedicine
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. . Launched in 1996, eMedicine.com comprises the largest and
most current Clinical Knowledge Base available to physicians
and health professionals. Nearly 10,000 physician authors and
editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base,
which contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders. The
evidence-based content-updated 24/7-provides the latest practice
guidelines in 62 medical specialties. eMedicine's professional
content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review plus an
additional review by a PharmD. eMedicine's professional and
institutional subscription site is www.iMedicine.com.
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MedicineNet
. . . MedicineNet.com is an
online, healthcare media publishing company. It provides easy-to-read,
in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers via
its robust, user-friendly, interactive web site. Since 1996,
MedicineNet.com has had a highly accomplished, uniquely experienced
team of qualified executives in the fields of medicine, healthcare,
Internet technology, and business to bring you the most comprehensive,
sought after healthcare information anywhere.
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MerckSource
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. . is an excellent source for requesting medical information.
Just click on the site's Resource Library tab for access to
ten different medical resource libraries! Merck Pharmaceutical
was ranked as one of three pharmaceutical companies with the
strongest commitment to research and development by the market
research firm Scott-Levin Doctors.
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National
Committee for Quality Assurance
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. . rates health-insurance plans.
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Pfizer
for Living
"Where
health and wellness meet real-life solutions for the conditions
that matter to you."
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Pub
Med
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. . provides information for ongoing drug trials.
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ReCap
features
a clinical trials database covering more than 850 compounds
in development and their manufacturers.
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WebMD
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. . has free articles from Reuters Medical News along with access
to their MedLine database and related online chat rooms.
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Yahoo!
Medical/Pharmaceutical News
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. . monitors daily development and events from the health industry.
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SPECIFIC
DISEASES AND AILMENTS
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All
Allergy.net
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. . is a major gateway for up-to-date allergy information.
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American
Academy of Dermatology
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. . has everything you wanted to know about skin conditions.
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American
Heart Association
The American Heart Association
is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce
disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
The mission statement was affirmed
by the Delegate Assembly at its meetings of June 1993, June
1996 and June 1999. The mission statement undergoes a formal
review process every third year.
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American
Podiatric Medical Association
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. . will locate a podiatrist in your area.
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Amgen
Corporation
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. . focuses primarily in five therapeutic Areas: Cancer Biology,
Inflammation, Metabolic Disorders, Neurology, and Hematology.
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Cancer.gov
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. . is the National Cancer Institute's information center for
patients and health professionals.
Your click on the "Fund
Free Mammograms" button helps
fund free mammograms, paid for by site sponsors whose ads appear
after you click and provided to women in need through the efforts
of the National
Breast Cancer Foundation to low-income,
inner-city and minority women, whose awareness of breast cancer
and opportunity for help is often limited.
The
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation’s award-winning Web site provides up-to-the-minute
information about research findings, local outreach programs,
volunteer opportunities, events and Komen Foundation programs
and partners.
Breastcancer.org
Breastcancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about breast cancer.
Their mission is to help women and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives.
Cancer
Treatment Centers
Although Cancer Treatment
Centers of America developed the Patient Empowerment Medicine
model long before we coined the term, it's a concept foreign
to most patients. That's because it is practiced by only a
handful of care providers. The extent to which it is offered
is limited to the fields of the healing arts and alternative
medicine. There are, to be sure, no other multi-disciplinary
cancer centers that have embraced this philosophy of care.
National
Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR)
The National Foundation for
Cancer Research (NFCR) was founded in 1973 to support cancer
research in the laboratory. NFCR research conducted at both
the cellular and molecular levels is leading to better prevention,
earlier diagnosis, new treatments and eventually a cure of
cancer. By supporting the best ideas of the best minds and
by facilitating collaboration among NFCR Project Directors,
advances in one field contribute to discoveries in another.
This is what NFCR's "Laboratory Without Walls" makes
possible.
Information
on CT-Scans for Lung Cancer
Check with your doctor on
this popular checkup. But we were told these scans are not
so simple, using 10-times the radiation needed for a normal
scan. This then raises the question , "If no early
cancer is detected, just when do you get your next scan and
then how many times during your remaining lifetime?"
The
American Society of Dermatology Melanoma Skin Lesion Chart
Melanoma kills when gone undetected
in its very early stages. PLEASE check with your doctor on
how you can visually scan your own body for possible melanoma
skin lesions on any part on your body.
Using the chart below, you
can begin to sense when something doesn't look right and to
make an immediate appointment with your dermatologist. But
be sure you request to be fully undressed when visiting. Some
doctors may only check where you say you think the problem
is located on your skin.
My wife, accidentally finding
a dermatologist that unexpectantly had her totally undress,
had her life saved, a melanoma discovered in its early stages,
her having no idea it was there. They say if you don't develop
cancer after five years of discovering a melanoma, all the
cancer cells were probably removed from the surgery. This
surgery can be extensive, as its objective is to seek out
and find any potential migrating cells away from the lesion.
Cancerhelper.com
This site provides information
on helping you to detect cancer early, allowing you a better
chance of leading a healthy life by being smart about your
body. You can read about general symptoms along with signs
you might look for that may signal different types of cancer.
The main benefit of Cancerhelper.com to us is that it lists
many cancer sites on the Web that may interest you or help
you with your situation.
Curry
fights prostate cancer, study finds
Ladies, if you love your man,
give him cauliflower curry with a side of kale for dinner.
It may stave off prostate cancer, according to research released
yesterday by Rutgers University. Though they don't often make
the favorite menus of most men, cauliflower and kale -- along
with cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, watercress
and turnips -- contain a chemical that is a significant cancer-preventive
. . . read
more.
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Human
Genome Project
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. . Begun formally in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project was
a 13-year effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy
and the National Institutes of Health. The project originally
was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances
accelerated the completion date to 2003. Project goals were
to identify all
the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA,
determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs
that make up human DNA, store this information in databases,
improve tools for data analysis, transfer related technologies
to the private sector, and address the ethical, legal, and social
issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project.
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Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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. . will help you a specialist who treats a specific cancer.
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. . offers clinical trials for orphan products that treat
rare diseases where only a small numbers of people are affected.
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. . in 2004, YAMS, Inc. worked more on spreading awareness
and creating inroads for future projects and growth ideas.
The organization went national this in 2004 with MS Walk Teams
covering the west coast in Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington,
and Los Angeles, California. They raised over $20,000 last
year.
YAMS sends out 3 newsletters
a year to about 1,000 families. Click on their Web site
to be added to their mailing list!
Today YAMS has raised over
$ 150,000 in the fight against MS. Currently, this money
goes to the National MS Society, which goes to fund research
for treatment and for a cure for resources for people with
MS in the community and to fund MS education.
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