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  • July 2008

    • SF Votes Today on Tobacco Sales Ban

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 29, 08 3:23 AM CDT

      SF Votes Today on Tobacco Sales Ban

      (Newser) - San Francisco's Board of Supervisors votes today on whether to ban the sale of cigarettes at the city's pharmacies. City and state legislatures across America—as well as giant pharmacy chains like CVS and Wal-Mart—are carefully watching the outcome of what could be a harbinger of things to come, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

  • February 2008

    • Sex Aids' Shelf Space, Sales Grow

      Newsweek  |  Feb 15, 08 2:25 PM CST

      Sex Aids' Shelf Space, Sales Grow

      (Newser) - Be careful letting your kids wander in Wal-Mart—the retail giant and other mainstream stores are devoting more shelf space to sex aids, Newsweek reports, and they aren’t hiding it. Lubricants, oils and even vibrators are increasingly appearing next to contraceptives and pregnancy tests. “Even the more conservative retailers have come over,” says an executive of one sex-aid company. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • retail stores  • sex toys  • CVS  • Walgreens  • sex aid  • Pharmacy

  • October 2007

    • Overdose Fears Prompt Recall of Infant Drugs

      Reuters  |  Oct 11, 07 12:42 PM CDT

      Overdose Fears Prompt Recall of Infant Drugs

      (Newser) - Several drugmakers have recalled over-the-counter cough and cold products for infants over concerns about fatal overdoses, Reuters reports. Johnson & Johnson Wyeth and Novartis are among those recalling medicines; CVS said it will remove the products and generic equivalents. One professor took the criticism one step further: “There are really no good studies demonstrating that these medications work.” More »

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      drugs  • FDA  • recall  • pharmaceutical  • Wyeth  • Johnson and Johnson  • infants  • CVS  • Novartis

  • August 2007

    • It's as Plain as the Glasses on Your Face

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 27, 07 5:08 PM CDT

      It's as Plain as the Glasses on Your Face

      (Newser) - Americans spent $445 million replacing lost eyeglasses last year; one small company aims to come to the rescue by selling tiny tubes of plastic that shrink unobtrusively onto the eyepiece of spectacles, carrying a code and a phone number. Finders of registered glasses get a small reward, while their owners save hundreds on a new pair, the Boston Globe reports. More »

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      Massachusetts  • small business  • CVS  • Walgreens  • eyeglasses

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