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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has introduced a new statewide Medicare Advantage Regional PPO plan called BlueMedicare Regional PPO, as part of its portfolio of Medicare product offerings for Florida's Medicare eligibles. The BlueMedicare ...

Financial services companies are facing the risk that the retirement of the baby boomers will disrupt existing retirement businesses as retirees move assets out of current retirement accounts and into new, income-generating products. Companies ...

With cosmetic surgery for males up 17% and new improved techniques emerging, Premier Plastic Surgery of Kansas City has revamped its web to keep males and females informed on research, techniques and products for cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

Cheryl G. Healton, head of the American Legacy Foundation, told 150 scientists and public health advocates the success of menthol cigarettes is no accident. Many hundreds of tobacco industry documents conclusively establish that the tobacco industry has for decades systematically developed and marketed menthol products to attract 'starter' and youth smokers, Healton said. . . . 'Congress did ban a wide array of other flavors including strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry and coffee, based on the common sense logic that flavored cigarettes make smoking more attractive to kids,' Healton told the meeting. However, menthol flavors are still permitted, Healton pointed out. Forty-seven percent of Hispanic smokers in high school usually smoke menthol cigarettes, while 76 percent of African-American smokers, 62 percent of Asian-American smokers and 29 percent of white smokers prefer menthol cigarettes. Conference spon

Electronic cigarette products from E-CigaretteDirect.com now ship out next day. Due to increase demand, the company has upgraded their warehouse space to provide excellent shipping and customer servic...

HHS recently announced the FDA's 100th approval of an antiretroviral drug for PEPFAR, PharmTech.com reports. Seventy-one of the more than 100 drugs reviewed by FDA for PEPFAR were generic products.