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Upcoming Events featuring
National CooperativeRx
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| 2011 Wisconsin SHRM State Conference
October 12-14
Madison, WI
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The Alliance Annual Meeting
October 25
Madison, WI
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Event
October 29
Nationwide
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Illinois CUPA-HR Fall Conference
November 7-8
Utica, IL
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National CooperativeRx is a not-for-profit coalition founded and owned by plan sponsors to achieve higher value prescription benefits through volume purchasing, clinical solutions, actionable data and unparalleled customer service. For your sales and marketing needs, please contact us at 866-679-9479, extension 223
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October is Pharmacy Month
Don't forget to say "Thank You" to a pharmacist this month!
Antibiotic Resistance
With the cold and flu season approaching, now might be a good opportunity to educate your participants on antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is when antibiotics are no longer effective on bacteria, such as pneumonia or strep throat.
One way antibiotic resistance occurs is when people take antibiotics for viruses such as the cold or flu. Because they are viruses, and not bacteria, antibiotics won't help. Resistance is also caused when people don't take antibiotics for the full time prescribed. The bacteria has a chance to come back and grow resistant.
If bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics, stronger antibiotics are needed. It is possible that in the future, no antibiotic will be strong enough to fight bacteria.
For more information and to obtain free brochures and posters for your participants, click here.
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Healthland. Exercise, drink plenty of water, take your vitamins... You may want to think about taking that last one off of your good-health list. A 19-year study from the University of Minnesota recently revealed that older women taking multivitamins were 6% more likely to have died over that time period. (Park, 10/11) Full story
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AARP. Slightly contradicting the above study is one performed by the Chicago Health and Aging Project. A deficiency in the vitamin B12 has been linked with brain-shrinkage in people 65 and older. As the brain ages, it naturally shrinks and loses volume. This is more evident in people with dementia, and brain shrinkage is also tied with memory loss and concentration. (Anderson, 10/3) Full story
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AARP. With annual sales reaching $11B, antidepressants are the third leading prescription drug in the US. However, only 1 in 5 of the prescriptions are written by a psychiatrist. The prescription of antidepressants is escalating, especially among the 50-and-older generation. (Simon, 9/20) Full story
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Reuters. Do you or someone you know suffer from migraines? A Swedish trial found that "regular aerobic exercise worked just as well as relaxation therapy or the antiepileptic drug topiramate in preventing migraine headaches." The study suggests that people who don't want to be on daily medication try exercising. During the trial neither exercise nor relaxation therapy had negative side effects, but the drug was associated with numbness, depression and constipation. (Brooks, 10/7) Full story
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FDA. This week the FDA approved a combination tablet for people simultaneously suffering from type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. The pill, Juvisync, contains both sitagliptin and simvastatin. (10/7) Full story
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Kaiser Health News. Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that 5 years after being diagnosed with cancer people are 4 times more likely than the general public to declare bankruptcy. 1.9% of people diagnosed with cancer declare bankruptcy. Click into the article to see which 5 cancers are financially hardest on people. (Andrews, 10/11) Full story
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Kaiser Health News. A federal advisory panel, the Institute of Medicine, released 297 pages advising the Department of Health and Human Services on criteria and methods to use for the new insurance exchanges. The biggest priority was affordability. Click into the article for a more in-depth overview of the report. (Galewitz, Applebee, 10/6) Full story
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Kaiser Health News. The state of Florida is in a battle to overturn the federal health insurance mandate. Instead it wants to open an insurance exchange marketplace that would give small businesses an online way to shop for health plans. The difference between Florida's marketplace exchange and the federal mandate is that the marketplace would not be open to individuals, Florida would not provide tax credits to help small businesses provide coverage like the federal mandate would, and Florida would not require health plans to cover "essential health benefits." (Galewitz, 10/9) Full story
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