NCBA's Statement in Response to Senator Conrad's Proposal to Reform Health Care
As Congress debates what shape health care reform will take, the cooperative business model has entered prominently into the discussion. Cooperatives save money for members by aggregating demand for specific services, whether it's health insurance, pharmaceuticals or hospital supplies. For example, in a health insurance purchasing cooperative, consumers or businesses can band together to purchase private health insurance policies in bulk, passing savings along to members. Cooperative health care providers also save money for members because, in addition to buying in bulk, the not-for-profit cooperative does not answer to outside investors.

Turmeric Health Benefits, Can a Spice Stop the Aging Process?
The health benefits of turmeric may be numerous Research is still being conducted concerning the turmeric health benefits, although the plant has been used since ancient times as a natural medicine

The Westin Kierland Resort And Mayo Clinic Present "Well Beyond" Weekend
Guests will explore integrative medicine and health and wellness spa treatments that complement conventional medicine through a unique weekend series of special events and seminars with expert panels and educative discussions

Americas Watchdog Wants To Know If Consumers, HMO's Or Health Insurance Company's Are Tired Of Being Soaked with drugs like Vioxx or Trasylol By Big
Americas Watchdog has just launched a national investigation into seeing if consumers, HMO's, health insurance companies, or health cooperatives were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, Trasylol or any other drugs, when much cheaper alternatives were available. According to the group, "we are out to protect consumers, HMO's, health insurance companies & health care cooperatives from being gouged by big pharmaceutical companies. We think Vioxx & Trasylol will turn out to be a perfect examples". HMO executives, health care insurance executives or individuals with specific information should feel welcome to call Americas Watchdog anytime at 866-714-6466

Improving Your Health with Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicine is the oldest form of health care known to mankind, and is also called botanical medicine or herbalism. Herbal medicine began with primitive cultures using different plants for shelter, clothing, and medicine. Herbal medicine is a complementary therapy that uses plants or plant extracts to treat illness, and is an important part of keeping healthy holistically and naturally. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that as many as 4 billion people, or 80 percent of the world's population presently use herbal medicine for some aspects of primary health care.

Corporate Litigators Thomas M. Moore & Ronald Labriola Start New Law Firm Representing Plaintiffs in Complex Litigation & Class Actions
Former Drinker Biddle partners have Decades of Experience Defending Pharmaceutical, Health Care and Consumer Product Companies.

Mainstream Medicine Invests in Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Paul Ramsey, founder of Ramsey Healthcare, and Natural Health International are bridging the gap between supplements and pharmaceuticals. Femmenessence™ offers women and mainstream medicine a naturally safe alternative that works. Five year published clinical trials and research reveal an 84% success rate in reducing menopausal symptoms.

The Pharmaceuticalization of Society
Public concerns about the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry have intensified in recent years, not least because of a series of controversies about drugs such as those used in the treatment of depression, arthritis, and AIDS. Paradoxically, these concerns centre on the over-consumption of medicines of dubious benefit in Western societies, and lack of access to essential medicines in the Global South. What are the implications for health of existing systems of pharmaceutical drug regulation? --Power, Politics and Pharmaceuticals (ISBN 978 185918 419 6, hbk, 272 pp, 234 x 156mm, ?49/£33).

Shepard Medical Products Announces CareMates? Infection Protection Blog, An Online Public Health News Service
Shepard Medical Products announced today their new blog website, CareMates? Infection Protection, an online public health news service, underwritten by Shepard Medical and their CareMates brand. The blog can be accessed at www.care-mates.com/Blog/. The CareMates Infection Protection blog was created as a resource to health care professionals, health media, and the general public for the latest international news and original articles on communicable and infectious diseases.

Americas Watchdog Wants To Know If Consumers, HMO's Or Health Insurance Company's Were Overcharged With Drugs Like Vioxx Or Trasylol By Big Drug Com
Americas Watchdog has launched a national investigation into seeing if a consumers, HMO's, health insurance company, or health cooperatives were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, Trasylol or any other drugs, when much cheaper alternatives were available. According to the group, "we are out to protect consumers, HMO's, health insurance companies & health care cooperatives from being gouged by big pharmaceutical companies. We think Vioxx & Trasylol will turn out to be a perfect examples". Consumers, HMO executives, health care insurance executives or individuals with specific information should feel welcome to call Americas Watchdog anytime at 866-714-6466

WesternU and Keck Graduate Institute to Offer Dual Degrees
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences (KGI) and Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy are developing a dual degree program that will equip students with skills that are highly regarded by the pharmaceutical industry and specialty health-care organizations.

HealthLeaders-InterStudy Launches Pharmacy Benefit Evaluator
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, the leading provider of managed care market intelligence, has enhanced its Pharmacy Benefit Evaluator, a Web-based product that analyzes health plan pharmacy benefit structure and spending and the health plan-to-pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) relationship to better inform managed care sales strategy development. Now available with enrollment data as of January 2009, the new Pharmacy Benefit Evaluator platform offers an easy-to-navigate interface as well as a flexible report structure that enables comparisons across PBMs and health plans to evaluate how organizations compare on co-pays, spending and benefit design.

Wolters Kluwer Health's New Forecasting Service Models Pharma's Future
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry, today introduced Wolters Kluwer Health inThought(TM), a new market research service that offers an array of pharmaceutical forecasting capabilities. inThought was developed to help financial analysts, health care suppliers and drug makers understand where developmental drugs, medical devices, and therapies are positioned today and where they are likely headed in the future.

Armada Health Care Hosts 4th Annual Specialty Pharmacy Summit - Las Vegas, NV., March 5-7, 2008
Armada Health Care recently hosted more than 500 industry representatives at their 4th Annual Specialty Pharmacy Summit held at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. This event has become the premier national venue for the specialty pharmacy industry. Attendees included specialty pharmacy owners/operators along with representatives from key specialty pharmaceutical manufacturers and national drug wholesalers.