Patient Lifestyle

NORTHFIELD, Ill. - U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona today joined with Kraft Foods Inc. and the National Latino Children's Institute (NLCI) to announce Salsa, Sabor y Salud -- a first-of-its-kind healthy lifestyles educational program designed by Latinos for Latinos.

WASHINGTON - Tom Ryan, chairman, president, and c.e.o. of CVS/Pharmacy, testifying before the Department of Health and Human Services Drug Importation Task Force yesterday, called on Congress and the Administration to quickly establish a means for consumers to legally and safely import prescription drugs.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Pharmacy Care Alliance, a partnership between Express Scripts Inc. and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, on Thursday announced that its prescription drug discount card was approved by Medicare.

CHICAGO - Walgreen Co., the nation's largest drugstore chain, today posted a 17 percent profit gain in its fiscal second quarter, due largely to the continuing increase of prescription drug sales.

MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin agency is accusing a Kmart pharmacist of failing to refill a woman's birth control prescription because of his religious beliefs, The Associated Press reports.

WASHINGTON - More Americans soon will be dying of obesity than from smoking if current trends persist, which would make being overweight the nation's No. 1 cause of preventable death, according to a study released yesterday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Retailers continue their search for equitable employee benefits amid a national health care crisis.

Cutting-edge research, laxer labeling, and a renewed focus on health prevention make the timing right for functional foods.