Patient Compliance

In keeping with its ongoing commitment to preventive health care, Stew Leonard's has launched a pilot program to offer on-site physicals for associates at the grocer’s flagship Norwalk, Conn., store. Manning the Stew Leonard’s “Wellness Mobile” is Igal Staw, a local doctor who has served the community for over 30 years.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last week launched the Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) Web site to better enable consumers and industry members to submit reports concerning FDA regulated products.

Today, over 100,000 older adults will engage in activities to improve their health as part of the 2010 National Senior Health & Fitness Day (NSHFD), a nationwide health and fitness event sponsored in part this year by fruit-based nutrition beverage brand BeneVia.

Price Chopper’s brand-new comprehensive integrated diabetes management program, “Diabetes AdvantEdge,” aims to give people with the medical condition greater access to medication, enhanced support and information, and education on nutrition, better food choices, and disease management.

The incidence of peanut and tree nut allergy among children appears to have tripled since 1997, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. has rolled out the latest feature of its WD RxConnect program at 62 of the Jacksonville, Fla.-based grocer’s in-store pharmacies: WD RxConnect Translate.

A&P, SuperFresh, Waldbaum’s and Pathmark stores are reducing prices on over 400 generic prescription drugs to just $3.99, for up to a 30-day supply.

Regional independent Save Mart Supermarkets plans to deploy a Web-based clinical application for the delivery of medication therapy management services as an integral part of Modesto, Calif.-based grocer’s employee health-and-wellness initiative.