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Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ (PTCE), a leader in continuing education for retail, health-system, managed care and specialty pharmacists, has launched the interdisciplinary educational video activity entitled “The Many Faces of Our Opioid Epidemic: Reducing Abuse While Promoting Appropriate Pain Management.

“Some people are more prone to urinary tract infections than others, so they need to take special precautions,” said an inventor from Scotch Plains, N.J. “In order to form a barrier so that bacteria and fungus cannot enter the urethra, I came up with this idea.”

Varian (NYSE: VAR) signed a partnership agreement with Mediheal Group of Hospitals to expand access to radiotherapy in Kenya.

“I love running, and I enjoy wearing ankle weights to get a more intense workout,” said an inventor from Las Vegas, Nev. “However, the weights leave me with scrapes on my ankles. To solve this problem, I came up with a safer, better design for such weights.”

Jake Williams, executive director of Healthier Colorado, issued the following statement today regarding Colorado’s lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, which alleges Purdue mislead providers and consumers about the addiction risks associated with prescription opioids.

“I thought that bandages could be designed differently so that they would offer better protection for healing wounds,” said an inventor from Milwaukee, Wis.

The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) invites you to join us on September 23 for the 2018 NYC Walk4Hearing.

Atlantic Health System and Thomas Jefferson University today formally dedicated the regional campus of Jefferson’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) at Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center, offering a program for third-year medical students unique in northern New Jersey.

Although it has no confirmation of unauthorized access to or acquisition of personal or protected health information, Ohio Living in Columbus, Ohio announced today that it has taken action after becoming aware of an incident in which an unknown third party gained access to employee email accounts.

Members of the media are invited to attend an important announcement with the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada, in support of jobs, growth, and prosperity across western Canada.