Pharmacists in Westlake, LA Accepting Medicare

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Mr. Charles David Colley, R.PH. Pharmacist Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 1514 Sampson St # 1, Westlake, LA 70669 Phone: 337-433-1742

Mrs. Shana Murphy Prejean, R.PH. Pharmacist Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 120 Villa Dr, Westlake, LA 70669 Phone: 337-304-1120    Fax: 337-855-8631

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CDC reports slight drop in smoking; tick worries blood experts

Fewer American adults are smoking cigarettes, and those who do are smoking less, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday. The CDC's latest data from 2010 show that an estimated 19.3 percent of American adults, or 45.3 million people, smoke. This is a slight decline from 20.9 percent in 2005. Of those adults who smoke, the new data show, 78.2 percent - or 35.4 million - do so every day.

Emphysema severity directly linked to exposure to respirable coal mine dust

Coal dust exposure is directly linked to severity of emphysema in smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Increased maternal intake of choline better for the baby

Pregnant women may have added incentive to bulk up on broccoli and eggs now that a Cornell University study has found increased maternal intake of the nutrient choline could decrease their children's chances of developing hypertension and diabetes later in life.

Twice as many children are suffering strokes than was previously believed

"We're seeing double the numbers of stroke in general," says Dr. Gabrielle deVeber, who will be chairing a session on Stroke in Children and Young Adults today at the 5th World Stroke Congress in Vancouver, B.C. "That's for both ischemic stroke (blood flow in the brain interrupted by a clot) and haemorrhagic (bleeding into the brain from a ruptured blood vessel).

UK Rates of acute pancreatitis have doubled over the past 30 years

Rates of acute pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) have doubled over the past 30 years, particularly among younger age groups, finds a study in this week's BMJ.

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