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ATLANTA - A new CDC study published Tuesday in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases provides more evidence on the benefits of flu vaccination among older adults. The study looked at flu-associated hospitalizations among people 50 and older during the 2010-2011 flu season and found that people who had gotten a flu vaccine reduced their risk of flu-associated hospitalization by half.

Millennials might not care about fighting wrinkles, but they know the importance of totally cleaning off their makeup. “One of the things I learned from my sisters was to totally remove makeup,” Kylie Jenner told a reporter recently.

CHICAGO — Last year, attendees couldn’t stop talking about the winner of the Discover Beauty award at Cosmoprof North America. That company was Static Nails, a reusable artificial nail. Now that talking has turned to purchasing with the line getting exposure in Sephora, Canada’s Murale and HSN. com. Created by Alexis Irene, Static Nails require only five minutes to apply and are easily removed and reusable. According to Irene, the nails can be worn 18 days straight or reapplied up to six separate times.

Earlier this year, WebMD surveyed 30,000 WebMD users to ascertain the OTC buying behaviors and preferences of three critical consumer segments — seniors, today’s moms (Gen X) and millennials.

The spike in eyebrow makeup sales can be traced to a petite Romanian immigrant who became Beverly Hills’ most sought-after eyebrow guru. Although Anastasia Soare’s Anastasia Beverly Hills products aren’t available in mass, her magic with brows is credited with waking up the entire category.

Sales of OTC medicines continue on a steady pace with dollar volumes up half a billion dollars over the first half of 2016, according to data culled from IRI. Drug Store News earlier this year reported $44 billion in OTC sales for calendar 2015, citing IRI figures.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s already one of the better selling vitamins on the shelf with $135.1 million in sales on 19.6% growth across total U.S. multi-outlets, according to IRI for the 52 weeks ended May 15. But not a company to rest on its laurels, Bausch + Lomb introduced a new and improved PreserVision AREDS 2 Formula + Multivitamin.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health on Tuesday reported an increase of 17.6% in net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2016, to $43.7 billion. Revenues in the Pharmacy Services Segment increased 20.7% to $29.5 billion in the three months ended June 30, 2016, which CVS Health attributed to an increased pharmacy network claim volume and growth in specialty pharmacy.