Archive for the ‘Diabetes Questions’ Category

Pharmacies embrace expanding medical role
After years of adding everything from groceries to grills to their inventory, drugstore chains are once again emphasizing their pharmacies.

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News briefs: Trick-or-treat in Glencoe
The Glencoe Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the annual “Halloween Hello”, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in stores and businesses in downtown Glencoe and at the Hubbard Woods Shopping Plaza.

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Effingham Events
Youth basketball Effingham County Recreation and Parks Department is registering girls (ages 5-16) and boys (ages 5-17) for youth basketball through Nov. 8. Cost is $60 per child. Call 912-754-6339 or visit effinghamrec.org for details. Fruit sale The Effingham County High School FFA chapter is accepting orders for their annual fruit sale through Friday for delivery the week of Nov. 15. Orders …

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Around and about in local business
News from local businesses for October 24, 2010.

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Kenton County libraries close for in-service
COVINGTON,KY. – Warning, voracious bookworms who turn to their local library for the latest books and other reading material: Don’t go to the Kenton County Public Library on Friday, Oct. 22.

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Federal officials, physicians to unveil Canada’s 1st health information network
Doctors across the country will have access Thursday to a new “physician sentinel,” Canada’s first health information network designed to help the medical community treat patients with chronic diseases, federal health officials said.

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Lilly’s Third-Quarter Profit Gains on Lowered Costs
Eli Lilly & Co., the drugmaker whose top products start facing generic competition next year, said third-quarter profit rose 38 percent on lower expenses.

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Free Kidney Screening Set For Thurs. In Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS — A free kidney health screening will be held at the Holiday Inn City Centre, 100 West Eighth St. in Sioux Falls, at 3-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28.

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Nontraditional county health center turns out to be success
The waiting room rarely has anyone in it.

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Free glucose screenings in November
Lutheran Health Network announced Thursday they will be six opportunities for anyone to be tested for diabetes for free throughout November, the national observance month for the disease.

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