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Given that online shopping and health and wellness are two of the biggest consumer trends, it made sense the two would become more intertwined. That happened big time in 2017 with the Amazon-Whole Foods merger.

A recent Walgreens Center for Health and Wellbeing Research study assessed a collaboration between Piedmont Healthcare’s Hepatitis C specialty clinic and a Walgreens local specialty pharmacy and showed that a high proportion (94%) of Hepatitis C patients who were prescribed direct-acting antiretrovirals were able to achieve the primary outcome goal, sustained virologic response, even though many patients had advanced liver disease, previous treatment failure or previous liver transplants.

Bayer Aspirin has been named the recipient of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association 2017 Industry Leadership Award for Advancing Self-Care. This recognition comes from the New Jersey-based company’s “The HeroSmiths” marketing campaign, which was aimed to educate people of the life-saving benefits of aspirin during a suspected heart attack.

This year’s AARP Quality Measures Innovation Grant has been awarded to Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and Tufts Medical Center. Each of the companies will receive a grant of $150,000 along with access to OptumLabs’ data assets to develop innovative quality health measures that address important gaps in diabetes and cancer care.

With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, companies are trying to entice consumers by announcing Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals before the actual day. With that type of information out in the open, Wisconsin-based company Shopko also decided to share its predictions for what exactly consumers will be on the hunt for when hitting retailers nationwide.

Convenience store 7-Eleven is expanding into cosmetics. The company has launched its own line of beauty products called, Simply Me Cosmetics. An assortment of 40 products for face, eyes and lips which are included in the line will be priced between $3-$5. The brand is targeted towards the busy millennial-aged woman who looks for makeup and accessories while taking care of business, family and themselves according to the company.

Black Friday deals are currently getting underway and Rite Aid stores throughout the nation are kick starting the shopping season by offering its lowest offers of the year. With sales starting as early as 8 a.m. on Thursday and 7 a.m. in select locations on Black Friday, the Pennsylavania-based retailer hopes to entice consumers.

The lowest offers of the year will become available through the retailer from Nov. 23 to Nov. 25, when using Rite Aid’s wellness+ with Plenti card. Stocking stuffers and holiday essentials that will be on sale include:

Vaseline has unveiled its latest product, the Intensive Care Cocoa Radiant Smoothing Body Butter. Made with 100% pure cocoa and shea butter, this product contains four times more emollients than any other lotion, according to the company.