Research Shows Connection Between Smoking and Weight Gain-Cloud

It’s the one thing that keeps many smokers from quitting: the fear of gaining weight.  Although studies show the average quitter gains less than ten pounds, it is a deterrent for many thinking about kicking the habit. “I know I …
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Wet Spring Means Rough Allergy Season

It’s been a tough season for allergy sufferers.  If you battle allergies and you feel like you’ve been sneezing more than usual, you’re not alone.  The wet spring across parts of the United States have left people reaching for tissues …
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Deaths Caused by High Blood Pressure Drop

A new study shows fewer people are dying because of high blood pressure, but doctors say the number of people battling high blood pressure it still too high. “Mortality rates are going down for everybody with high blood pressure, but …
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Pfizer Fights to Keep Strong Hold on ED Market

When Viagra burst on to the scene several years ago, people didn’t quite know what to make of it.  A new drug was claiming to help men with a taboo subject, but through constant advertising there are few that don’t …
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What Will Happen To Online Pharmacies Under Google?

By Dan Seitz Google has recently been in the news, and not in the way it usually enjoys: it’s being investigated for its role in allowing fraudulent online pharmacies to advertise on its Google Ads network.  Since websites are on …
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Are You Taking a Dangerous Combination of Drugs?

By Katrina Robinson It seems that just about everyone is taking several prescription drugs daily. In the old days, pharmacists kept track of all of your prescriptions, ensuring that no adverse drug reactions or dangerous drug combinations took place. Now, …
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Are Online Pharmacies Causing a Drug Problem?

By Katrina Robinson More and more people are purchasing their medications online today—and some are doing so without a prescription. That’s right—many online pharmacies that operate in foreign countries don’t even require that you have a prescription to purchase medications, …
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The Push for Generic: Is Your Insurance Company Putting You at Risk?

By Katrina Robinson Generic alternatives are offered for about 75% of medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration. They save both patient and insurer a bunch of money, sure, but did you realize that switching medications—even just from brand-name …
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Did Google Accept Advertising Money From Illegal Pharmacies?

By Dan Seitz Google is many things to many people, but as a business, Google is in one industry above all others: selling advertising.  96% of its billions upon billions of profits come from those ads you see next to …
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What Drugs Are People Really Buying Online?

By Dan Seitz You’ve heard the jokes.  We here at eDrugstore.md have heard them twice, plus we get them as email forwards: people buy the kinds of drugs online that they don’t even want their doctor to know about.  Erectile …
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