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  • Q&A: End-of-year FSA accounts may induce trial across OTC aisles

  • Pursuant Health intros retinal screening into its self-service retail kiosks

    Atlanta-based Pursuant Health is ready to roll out new retinal screening capabilities into its self-service kiosks with the goal of preventing 95% of avoidable vision loss cases with early detection.

  • Study finds sleep disturbance common among women with diabetes

    In a Journal of Advanced Nursing study of 90 adults with type 2 diabetes published last week, female gender, elevated blood sugar levels, neuropathic pain, and fatigue were related to sleep disturbance, even after controlling for factors such as age, diabetes duration, depressive symptoms and distress.

    The findings suggest that clinicians should pay extra attention to females when conducting sleep-related assessments. A comprehensive sleep evaluation should also include diabetes-related symptoms such as neuropathic pain and fatigue.

  • Novo Nordisk, HITLAB announce finalists for diabetes solution challenge

    Five companies are close to winning $75,000 from the 2017 HITLAB World Cup of Voice-Activated Technology in Diabetes presented by Novo Nordisk. The Plainsboro, N.J.-based Novo Nordisk and innovation and teaching lab HITLAB launched the competition on Aug. 25, looking to find the best original ideas to help patients with Type 2 diabetes through improved healthcare access, delivery and outcomes, the companies said.

  • Ascensia Diabetes Care celebrates 30 women as part of World Diabetes Day recognition

    Ascensia Diabetes Care, based out of Basel, Switzerland, is showing its support for World Diabetes Day 2017 by publishing 30 portraits of inspiring women who are making significant contributions to advancing diabetes care. The theme of World Diabetes Day is Women and Diabetes, and through this initiative, Ascensia aims to raise global awareness of diabetes and help to amplify the messages of the International Diabetes Federation.

  • Merck Foundation launches effort to improve diabetes care in vulnerable populations

    The Merck Foundation is undertaking an effort that it says will improve diabetes outcomes among underserved U.S. populations. The Kenilworth, N.J.-based foundation has committed $16 million in funding over five years for its Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care initiative.

    The program, according to the foundation, will bring high-quality medical care with services and resources from outside the health system to address such factors influence diabetes outcomes as healthy food access and spaces for physical activity.

  • Private label continues to gain traction
    Private label just keeps chugging along. 
     
    Thanks to strong consumer demand for lower-priced alternatives to national brands and retailer desires to differentiate themselves from the competition, private label seems to keep gaining more traction in the retail world. 
     
    But there remains a strong undertone impacting private-label sales with Amazon and Walmart using the segment as a way to gain market share, usually at the expense of the other company. 
     

  • MarketHub Retail Services’ Patterson talks hemp
    Hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD/hemp Extract. Just talking about these kinds of things sounds intimidating, illegal and not very consumer-friendly. Skeptical? Not a problem. 
     
    It’s likely most retailers have tremendous experience with health-and-wellness products. Retail markets, consumer products and shopper marketing programs are my sandbox. Therefore, merchants are familiar with adaptogens and their many positive effects on the human body. The CBD molecule is an adaptogen.
     

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