| Giant Eagle Expands Popular Generic Prescription Program and Now Offers '400 for $4'
Continuing to deliver upon its commitment to improving the health and wellness of its customers, supermarket retailer Giant Eagle, Inc. today announced that effective this Thursday, November 8, 2007, the company will expand its popular $4 generic prescription medication program drugs to a total of more than 400. .
Amy's heroin cheek
Our daily digest of worrying stories from Amy Winehouse�s world includes the news that her tour manager quit after finding heroin in his system after he inhaled it passively on their tour bus. According to the Sun, Thom Stone produced a doctor�s note to prove he had traces of the drug in his system and that he wanted to leave the tour. A source told the paper: �He was watching them get off their heads on drugs and wondering whether Amy was even going to get up on stage. It was a nightmare job. �They (she and hubby Blake Fielder-Civil) didn�t get on with Thom and were taking the p*** when he tried to pull that excuse to leave. They wanted rid of him anyway.� The final straw reportedly came when Amy and her banged-up bloke where arrested in Norway with cannabis last month.
FORTEO(R) Increased Spine Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
Glucocorticoid therapy is the most common cause of secondary osteoporosis,(2) leading to bone loss and an increased risk for fracture. Data indicate that glucocorticoids are used by up to three out of every 100 adults (3 percent) over age 50,(3) and up to 50 percent of individuals on chronic glucocorticoid therapy will eventually have an osteoporotic fracture.(4) Glucocorticoids are prescribed to treat many conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and inflammatory bowel disease.(4,5) "Currently, there is a lack of variety in treatment choices for patients receiving chronic glucocorticoid medication who are at high risk for fractures," said lead investigator Kenneth G. Saag, M.D., MSc, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
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