Public Health & Prescription Drugs In the News
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Debbie Ford winds the key on a stuffed horse and a music box begins plinking a simple lullaby. Her friends, some of her own family, don’t want to hear it. It’s just too painful. |
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Pushing A Team Effort On Drug Costs
- The News & Observer
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Rob Thompson thinks that the combined clout of about 3 million state employees and low-income residents could make a difference in the price of prescription drugs in North Carolina. |
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Uninsured hampered by cost of drugs
- News 14 Carolina
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RALEIGH—Some uninsured North Carolinians are paying nearly three times the national average for prescription drugs, according to a new study released Tuesday by North Carolina Public Interest Research Group. |
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Smoking at work may be outlawed
- Fayettesville Observer
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RALEIGH— A state House committee passed a bill Tuesday that would ban most public smoking across North Carolina — the state built largely on the fortunes of tobacco and that still leads the nation in tobacco production. |
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House looks at statewide smoking ban
- News14Charlotte.com
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RALEIGH—Lawmakers could soon vote on a plan to ban smoking in bars and restaurants. A House committee took up the issue Thursday and will vote next week. Those in support of a smoking ban say it's impossible to avoid the obvious. |
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Bills to test smoking tolerance
- The Fayetteville Observer
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RALEIGH — Lighting up in public places could become a thing of the past, and the current legislative session could become the harshest yet on cigarette smoking. |
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The Public Should Know Hospital Infection Rates
- The Charlotte Observer
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Infections acquired in hospitals cause a lot of added pain and expense for patients. But in the Carolinas, and in most other states, it's impossible to find out if the hospital you're entering has an abnormal infection rate. |
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