Healthcare

KULPSVILLE, Pa. - Kulpsville, Pa.-based Clemens Family Markets has partnered with The Preventive Health Care Center to give shoppers the chance to win a free heart scan at each of the 19 Clemens Family Markets located in the greater Philadelphia area.

WASHINGTON - Scientists from the U.S. Agriculture Department are developing a new type of soybean that could prevent allergic reactions in some children and adults, Reuters reports.

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Negotiators for Raley's and its pharmacists union reached a tentative four-year pact over the weekend, The Record in Stockton, Calif. reports.

STOCKTON, Calif. - Fifty-nine Raley's supermarkets in Northern California averted a shutdown of their pharmacy operations yesterday when the chain called the pharmacists' union back to the negotiating table, according to a report in The Stockton Record.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Healthnotes Inc. (HNI), provider of health and lifestyle information, today announced it is providing content on a wide range of health and wellness issues to The Kroger Co. for use on its corporate and division Web sites.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Health officials in Wake County, N.C., on Saturday advised up to 7,500 Harris Teeter customers to throw out food and receive treatment after an employee was diagnosed with hepatitis A, The Associated Press reports.

WASHINGTON - Food and biomedical products from cloned and genetically engineered animals pose no significant health risks, but stronger U.S. government oversight must be implemented to ensure its safety, a National Academy of Sciences panel said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than half of supermarket operators say that pharmacy operations are a very important part of their business strategy, and nearly 70 percent say that it will be an important component by 2004, according to a new FMI report.