April 15th, 2011 — Nutrition
The New York Times has an article today called, “Is Sugar Toxic.” It reviews the history of studies on sugar and at the end attempts to question the link between insulin resistance and cancer. It speaks about a physician that has strong feelings about sugar...
April 14th, 2011 — Uncategorized
Someone wrote a song about us! Not really, but thanks Mr. Glick for the heads up on this one. Enjoy The Low Anthem “Apothecary Love”
April 8th, 2011 — Pharmacy Practice
A friend of ours, Stewart Feldman of Cross River Pharmacy in Cross River, was recently featured in the local news. The discussion was the dire situation large operations such as pharmacy benefit managers, chain drug stores, and manufacturers are putting small pharmacies...
April 7th, 2011 — Pharmacy Practice
Consumer Reports has surveyed 43,700 readers about their drug stores and the results are not surprising (to us at least!). Independent drug stores rated highest in customer satisfaction: 94% of those shopping at one were “highly satisfied”. They also reported...
April 5th, 2011 — Allergies
I’ve recently had many people come in and detail allergy symptoms to us: runny nose, cough, post nasal drip, sneezing, etc. Not uncommon nor surprising for this time of the year. These patients include at the end, “it only happens at night.” ...
April 4th, 2011 — Current Events
It seems the Arizona governor is introducing a fee to charge smokers who receive Medicare or Medicaid. In Arizona, 46% of Medicaid recipients smoke daily. This bill is referred to a “fat tax” as it will target Medicaid recipients who are overweight as...