Province aiming to cut drug use by the elderly
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TORONTO -- Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman denied yesterday that the province is trying to bribe doctors into cutting prescription drug costs to the poor and elderly, saying the proposal is meant to curb the over-prescription of medication to
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The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness.
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In the first big step to make prescription drug benefits available to the elderly, the Bush administration said yesterday that it would carve the nation into 34 regions to administer
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NEW YORK  - The majority of elderly people  in assisted-living or residential care facilities are not  receiving all of the medications they need for four common  conditions, according to new study findings released Monday.
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On prescription drugs, at least, Ujjal Dosanjh has his priorities dead right. The federal health minister&#39;s most important job right now is to ensure Canada&#39;s supply of pharmaceuticals.
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The District could become the first jurisdiction in the country to license pharmaceutical sales representatives, a move a council member says would help protect doctors and patients from disreputable agents who help drive up the costs of prescription drugs.
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A retired hospital administrator and instructor, she has spent the past few months getting seniors up to speed on the federal program&#39;s discount drugs cards, available this and next year before
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OTTAWA (CP) - On the heels of his well-publicized call for medical watchdogs to crack down on doctors working for Internet pharmacies, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is asking his provincial counterparts to do their part.
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Canada&#39;s health minister says this country cannot &quot;be the drug store of the United States.&quot;. Ujjal Dosanjh&#39;s warning comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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Some elderly Americans simply stop  taking their prescribed drugs when insurance plans cease paying  for them, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Seniors are leading the way in the new battle to ban smoking from communal environments.
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Maine is trying to find a way to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, and is proposing to allow an American Indian tribe to distribute the imported drugs.
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A HEALTHY lifestyle can reduce the death rate of elderly people by more than 60 per cent, a study has revealed. Researchers looked at the effects of a Mediterranean diet, not smoking, being physically active
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Giving care home staff flu jabs can cut the number of illnesses and deaths among residents.
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In the first big step to make prescription drug benefits available to the elderly, the Bush administration announced Monday that it would carve the nation into 34 regions
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Liberal Senator Terry Mercer is urging the federal government to get more serious about considering the idea of establishing a national pharmacare program which provincial premiers have been calling for.
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Family doctors should question their younger patients about cannabis use, senior GPs say.