High triglycerides helped by diet and exercise

Are online pharmacies legitimate?

If you think that you'll get a bargain from an online pharmacy, think again. According to a 2012 analysis of nearly 1,000 online pharmacies by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), which accredits online pharmacies and represents state pharmacy boards all over the United States, only around 3 percent appear to be legitimate. The NABP found that 85 percent of the online drugstores it looked into do not require a valid prescription from the consumer's physician, and nearly half provided foreign drugs or medications not approved by the FDA. While there are Canadian online pharmacies that are legitimately regulated, many websites that purport to be Canadian are not. Worse yet, you may not even get the drug you ordered.

Research firm: Amazon sells $199 tablet at a loss

NEW YORK - Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire tablet, which started shipping this week, costs $201.70 to make, a research firm said Friday. That's $2.70 more than Amazon charges for it.

Hydrochloric acid, your alkaline ace in the hole

The forgotten genie for weight loss and more.

US regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill

About 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication

A small victory: Used-car prices slip from dizzy heights

The whole crazy price cycle began with the eruption of the pandemic, when many states issued stay-at-home orders

Entertainment Briefs for April 8, 2010

Jon Gosselin: Kate ignores kids; Haim obtained 553 pills before death;

No headline

After being asked and not knowing, I decided to do some investigating about why people are panic-buying toilet paper.

OTC medications at wholesale prices

Diabetes is an awful disease.

Fueling the pain

Climbing costs have drivers in search of lowest prices

Gas prices hike burns drivers

Apply for unclaimed controlled hunt tags by Aug. 15

For a wide variety of reasons, some of the lucky hunters who drew tags in the deer, elk, antelope and bear controlled-hunt drawing did not buy their tags.

On health care's cliff: More meds isn't necessarily good medicine

There’s a pill for every ill.

Food prices are squeezing Europe. Now Italians are calling for a pasta protest

Spain has avoided price controls

Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill

it would be the first pill shown to treat the illness

'The fight is at your doorstep'

Law officers tell panel of uphill battle against fentanyl

Don't be nice in drug war, says sheriff

An across-the-board solution

Drug stops HIV among heterosexual couples, not just gays

ATLANTA - An AIDS drug already shown to help prevent spread of the virus in gay men also works for heterosexual men and women, two studies in Africa found. Experts called it a breakthrough for the continent that has suffered most from AIDS.

Cyber Monday shoppers give retailers sales bump

Medications only work if you take them

One of the more worrisome aspects of keeping patients healthy is the fact that many do not take their medications. At the very worst, this compliance problem begins when patients with chronic conditions do not even pick up their newly prescribed drugs. This failure to comply with their prescribing physicians' recommendations places patients with high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol levels and other potentially life-threatening conditions at particular risk.

Low dose to no dose is no good

Doctors may prescribe a low-dose aspirin regimen to patients who have experienced heart attacks or strokes. Not only can a daily "baby" aspirin help prevent a second heart attack or stroke, it may also reduce the chance of having a heart attack or stroke among patients with certain risk factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or smoking). However, about half of those on daily aspirin regimens discontinue use for various reasons (including stomach upset and simply forgetting). This unauthorized halt of a daily aspirin regimen can pose significant dangers (increased risk of heart attack and death from coronary heart disease) to those who have cardiovascular disease. Consultation with the prescribing doctor is imperative before discontinuing daily doses of aspirin.

Apple fans to the core

Fans, entrepreneurs among first buyers of new iPad