We were fortunate to be invited to a health blogger summit coordinated last Thursday by Consumer Reports. The event — held at CR’s headquarters in Yonkers, New York — was an opportunity to meet with the publication’s editors as well as other health bloggers, and to discuss the future of social media and social networks [...]

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If the current economy weren’t bad enough for seniors on fixed incomes, now the state of Massachusetts (as a result of the recession) has slashed a state program that assisted seniors with drug costs. Boston.com reports: Tens of thousands of Bay State seniors are facing steep increases in the cost of their prescription drug copayments, [...]

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A North Dakota news site reports that drug prices are under the microscope in the state as legislators consider repealing a law that prevents most chain pharmacies from competing there. The law requires pharmacies to be majority-owned by North Dakota licensed pharmacists. Supporters of repeal argue that allowing the big retailers to offer prescription drugs [...]

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[The following is a guest post by our friend Dr. Jacob Milbradt, a Kansas pharmacist. Jacob graduated with distinction from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy and currently works as a pharmacist in an independently-owned pharmacy in south central Kansas. He is founder and president of MrMedSaver.com, an Internet-based consulting firm that specializes in [...]

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FDA Approves Savella for treatment of Fibromyalgia (Biotech Weblog) What are they teaching interns these days? (The Angry Pharmacist) Coping with my life (Soulful Sepulcher) Loss (Neonatal Doc) Subscribe to the eDrugSearch Blog with Bloglines:

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Fard Johnmar of Envision Solutions has produced a new report designed to facilitate communication between health organizations and social networkers. We were fortunate to be among the Web sites profiled in the study and got a sneak peek at it last week. As always with Fard’s work, the report is thoughtful and well-documented. In introducing [...]

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Pharmalot… Pharmanot… So Long, Folks (Pharmalot) Resource: State Coverage Initiatives Website (Healthcare Economist) First Day of School! (Scrubs & Spit Up) Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) Forestier Disease (My Medical Journal) Subscribe to the eDrugSearch Blog with Bloglines:

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Researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the Dec. 24/31, 2008 issue of JAMA that more than half of older Americans take five or more prescription medications — and that an alarming number of these seniors risk harmful drug interactions. We’ve warned of drug interactions here before — and have recommended sites [...]

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Loss of function and prognosis in older patients (Pallimed: A Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog) Medicare Part D: Comparing Prescription Drug Use in Special Needs Plans and Other Medicare Advantage Plans (Piper Report) Racial disparities in hospice use (Health Disparities Blog) Southwest Recipe Nutrition Breakdown (The Family Fork) Subscribe to the eDrugSearch Blog with Bloglines:

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As readers of this blog know, Consumer Reports is one of our favorite publications. We love the fact that they don’t accept advertising — and thus are not influenced by the threats of sponsors they might criticize. It’s one reason we trust Consumer Reports — on issues ranging from choosing a car to buying prescription [...]

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