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Upcoming Events featuring
National CooperativeRx
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Mid-Sized Retirement & Healthcare Plan Management Conference*
March 18-21, 2012
San Francisco, CA
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*As a sponsor of this educational event, National CooperativeRx is pleased to provide you and your benefits team with a $200 discount. This lowers your registration fee to $795 each when you register by February 23, 2012. To Register: * Register here and enter the code YNCR * Call the Conference Registrar at 800-864-2063 |
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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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Holiday Decoration-Related Injuries Reached 13,000 in 2010
Last year, 13,000 people went to the emergency room for injuries related to holiday decorations. That number was up from 12,000 in 2009 and 10,000 in 2008.
This article lists some helpful hints to make it through the season with less risk of injury. Hints include using a fresh tree if putting up a real tree this year, and using a fire resistant tree if you favor artificial trees.
For the full article click here.
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Daily Mail. A new vaccine is being developed that could tackle 7 of the 10 most lethal cancers, and it's showing potential to shrink breast cancer tumors by up to around 80%. If development continues as planned, it could be one of the first vaccines to fight cancer and may become available by 2020. (MacRae, 12/12) Full story
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HealthDay. For every 150 2-year-olds in the United States, one of them will visit an emergency room after accidentally overdosing on medication. This includes vitamins and over-the-counter medicine, along with prescription drugs. The number of toddlers accidentally overdosing has risen 20% in the past few years, and the CDC is educating parents on keeping medication out of children's reach. (12/13) Full story
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WorldPharmaNews. Researchers at Loyola University Medical Center may have discovered a way to determine if an antidepressant will be effective for a patient based on a blood test. By testing for a protein in blood called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), researchers found that patients with higher levels of VEGF better responded to the drug escitalopram. (12/16) Full story
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Forbes. One month after going off patent, Lipitor (the cholesterol-lowering drug from Pfizer) is still making headlines. With 10 more of the world's major drugs going off patent next year, and 80% of pharmaceutical sales already going to generics, this article predicts that the face of pharmaceutical companies could be changing. (Turner, 12/12) Full story
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Associated Press. Federal Judge Edward Korman will be hearing a case brought up by the Center for Reproductive Rights on whether the FDA should be forced to allow over-the-counter emergency contraception medication to be sold to people under the age of 17. (Hajela, 12/14) Full story
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The White House Blog. 2.5M more young adults now have coverage due to the new health care law where children are allowed to stay on their parent's insurance until they turn 26. In the near future, when many of today's young adults turn 26 and are taken off of their parent's plans, it will be illegal for insurers to deny coverage even if a person has an existing illness. (Sebelius, 12/14) Full story
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