Healthcare

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush signed a measure on Wednesday banning the sale of the over-the-counter weight loss products to people under 18, even if they don't contain ephedra, reports the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration late last week issued its draft ergonomics guidelines for retail grocery stores with the intention of further preventing occupational injuries and illness in the industry.

Huge increases in health insurance costs--the industry's No. 1 problem--have grocers desperately seeking ways to ease the pain.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director Andrew von Eschenbach last week announced a national campaign to reduce the risk of chronic diseases among African-American men.

BOSTON -- Asked about the three most important reasons for the surge in obesity among Americans, respondents to the Oldways Quarterly Survey overwhelmingly cited a lack of exercise as the main cause for the fattening of America (71 percent).

U.S. Middle District Senior Judge Sylvia H. Rambo dismissed a count that sought forfeiture of the executives' 1998 bonuses and an 83-acre Fairview Twp. property bought by a real estate partnership co-owned by Martin L. Grass, Rite Aid's former chairman and chief executive officer.

ROME - People should get no more than 10 percent of their calories from sugar, eat more fruit and vegetables and exercise moderately to cut risks of chronic disease, two United Nations agencies said on Monday.

LANDOVER, Md. - Giant Food Inc., a member of the Ahold USA group, has announced that its Giant Pharmacies is expanding its electronic prescription service through a partnership with DrFirst, a Rockville, Md.-based company that provides products and services to the healthcare community.