| Prilosec as Effective as Expensive Prescriptions, Study Finds
A widely available nonprescription drug -- Prilosec OTC -- is as effective a treatment for heartburn and acid reflux disease as prescription drugs costing almost 10 times more, according to an analysis from Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs, a public education project of Consumers Union. "Many people with heartburn and acid reflux could save $1,000 to $2,000 a year by taking an over-the-counter drug that's just as effective as high-priced prescription drugs," said Gail Shearer, director of the project. "These are dramatic savings, and illustrate why consumers should talk to their doctors about identifying effective, lower-cost medicines," Shearer added. The over-the-counter drug Prilosec costs $19 to $26 a month on average nationwide, and can be even cheaper at large discount stores.
Income trusts getting tasty returns
Income trusts might have given some investors indigestion, but their double-digit returns are still very much in favour with those seeking a high-yield investment. Income trusts swooned after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's announcement last fall that existing trusts would be subject to a four-year transition period, after which they would be subject to a 31.5-per-cent corporate tax. That was sufficient to send trusts, with the exception of real estate investment trusts (REITs), which were exempt from Flaherty's ruling, into a tailspin. On Nov. 14, two weeks after Flaherty's announcement, income trusts had skidded to a 22.6-per-cent loss that erased billions of dollars in market value and stopped others - primarily Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. - dead in their tracks.
PRMC offers PillCam detection
SALISBURY -- Anyone who has an endoscopy knows it is usually not the most pleasant experience. In hospitals across the country, technicians examine the small bowel and esophagus by inserting a long flexible tube with a camera in the patient's mouth, advancing it down into the gastrointestinal track. The process takes sedation and several hours of recovery time. .
DOH-EV observes cancer consciousness week
Tacloban City (15 January) -- In order to prevent and create awareness to individuals, the Department of Health (DOH) Eastern Visayas headed by Regional Director Banita N. Pastor, spearheads in the observance of Cancer Consciousness Week on January 16-21, carrying the theme Winning the Cancer Challenge Through Healthy Lifestyle. This was learned from DOH-EV Information Officer Marissa A. Nicolasora. According to her, per report from the Philippine Cancer Society and the DOH, the ten common cancer in the human body are the lung cancer, breast cancer, colon/rectum cancer, liver cancer, cervix uterine cancer, prostate cancer, leukemia, stomach, thyroid, and lastly, the cancer of the ovary. For a healthy lifestyle and for the prevention of cancer, DOH advises each and everyone to stop smoking and to keep away from cigarette smoke, and to avoid being over exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun.
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