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Retail clinics less likely to be located in underserved communities

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Despite reports indicating that placement of retail clinics are determined by physician shortages and higher uninsured populations, these clinics appear to be located in more advantaged neighborhoods, according to a report ...





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Retail medical clinics can provide care at lower cost, similar quality as other settings

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other stores can provide care for routine illnesses at a lower cost and similar quality as offered in physician offices, urgent care centers or emergency departments, according ...


Forrester projects rise in online holiday sales

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Forrester Research Inc. is projecting an 8 percent increase to $44.7 billion in online holiday sales compared with a year ago as bargain hunters turn to the Web for deals.


Study examines ethical dilemmas of medical tourism

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical tourism in Latin America needs to be regulated to protect consumers, according to Université de Montréal researchers. A new study published in the journal Developing World Bioethics argues that Argent ...


FDA ignores critical information on home HIV tests

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (May 29, 2009) The FDA is ignoring critical information in deciding whether to approve an over-the-counter, rapid HIV test for home use, according to a recent article ...


Team-based care involving a pharmacist improves blood pressure control

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients whose hypertension is managed by a physician-pharmacist team have lower blood pressure levels and are more likely to reach goals for blood pressure control than those treated without this collaborative approach, ...


New study looks at re-identification risks

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the information in hospital prescription records can quite easily re-identify ...


CDC: First swine flu vaccines may be nasal spray

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The first doses of swine flu vaccine may all be the nasal spray version, government health officials said Friday.


Insecticide-treated bed nets reduce infant deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel ...


Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.


New Logistics Model Improves Forecast Accuracy of Retail and Packaged-Goods Orders

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it’s dog food or iPods, tires or televisions, virtually every consumer has endured a frustrating out-of-stock experience. Retailers hate it as much as customers, perhaps more, because they lose money ...



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