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Script Your Future celebrating first year of helping patients ‘Take the Pledge’
This month marks the first anniversary of Script Your Future, the national multi-media health care campaign launched by NCL in 2011 to address the need for tools and resources to support medication adherence across the country and to open dialogue between health care professionals and patients about the health consequences of non-adherence.
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Calling FDA attention to wacky grocery nutritional labeling system
In May, NCL filed a formal complaint with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about a nutritional scoring system - used in 1,600 stores nationwide - that gives snack chips, soft drinks, and desserts scores as high as or higher than some canned fruits and vegetables.
Read more: Calling FDA attention to wacky grocery nutritional labeling system
LifeSmarts program ends season with successful event in Philly
What a year! The 2012 LifeSmarts season has come to a close with the 2012 National LifeSmarts Championship in Philadelphia, where the student team from Frederick, MD was crowned national LifeSmarts champions. After an exciting final match against the second-place team from Jacksonville, FL, the teens from the Maryland Home Schoolers outscored their opponents and did it with great sportsmanship. Teams from Pennsylvania and Rhode Island placed third.
Read more: LifeSmarts program ends season with successful event in Philly
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