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  • Kline: Growth across 'natural OTCs' outpacing overall OTC growth

    PARSIPPANY, N.J. – More and more consumers are in search of "natural" solutions to their ailments, including both homeopathic remedies and supplements supportive of a healthier lifestyle, Kline Market Research noted in its latest study, Natural OTCs: Impact of non-drug products on the U.S. OTC market, which was released Monday.

  • CVS Health Foundation grants $110K to AAP for tobacco counseling program

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. - The CVS Health Foundation on Thursday announced a new grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics to help improve counseling by all pediatric health care providers around tobacco and exposure to secondhand smoke. The program will provide clinicians with the messages, tools and counseling protocols needed to screen for secondhand smoke exposure and better prepare them to speak with parents and families about the importance of reducing tobacco use.

  • MeYou Health shakes up CEO position, financial backers

    BOSTON — Digital wellness platform MeYou Health, which partners with health plans to help engage members in their health through its “open social” networks, has a new CEO and roster of financial backing, it announced this week. 
     
    Serial health care entrepreneur Rick Lee is now the company’s CEO, following his spearheading a buyout of MeYou Health backed by Ballast Point Ventures, Blue Shield of California, and several prominent individual investors, 
     

  • Robb Report: Wealthiest Americans interested in 'luxury' wellness offerings

    NEW YORK - More than eight in 10 affluent Americans are interested in health and wellness products and services, with 54% interested in "luxury" health and wellness offerings, according to a recent report released by Robb Report. The proportion was even higher (66%) among the "Wealthy" demographic (annual household income above $500,000).

  • Vitamin Angels earns coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator

    SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Vitamin Angels, a charity that provides nutritional support to children and mothers in need, has received another coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation's premier charity evaluator. Vitamin Angels' year-over-year excellence in financial health, accountability and transparency places the organization above 94% of the 8,000 charities reviewed by Charity Navigator.
     

  • New 'Ritzman Revives' workshop synergizes pharmacy, food-store health offering

    WADSWORTH, Ohio — In keeping with its mission to provide care beyond the prescription, Ritzman Pharmacy on Tuesday announced its inaugural “Ritzman Revives” workshops, a four-part series themed “Food is Medicine.”

    Beginning June 13, Ritzman will bring individuals together to explain the importance of how healthier diets can optimize individual health outcomes.

  • Ultra AppleLean catches apple cider vinegar trend

    RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — Sales of apple cider vinegar supplements are on the rise, and Princeton Research now offers the next top-trending supplement that will greatly increase incremental segment growth — Ultra AppleLean Cider Vinegar.

  • NYT: Natural beauty 2.0 comes to town

    A new beauty boutique opened in New York this month, and the retailer is more like Tesla and Whole Foods than Sephora. The New York Times reports that the new beauty retailer is selling more than beauty products; it is selling the idea that natural wellness creates beauty. (New York Times)

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