Patient Lifestyle

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.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Worldwide Medical Corp., marketer of First Check branded home screening tests for drugs of abuse, alcohol, cholesterol and colorectal disease, has secured a regional distribution agreement with Kroger for its test of the popular recreational drug ecstasy.

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration ruled Tuesday that water laced with nicotine is illegal, ending a California company's bid to begin selling bottles later this month, The Associated Press reports.

GENEVA - Scientists from Europe, North America and Japan began an urgent meeting Tuesday to consider information on the newly suspected substance acrylamide, The Associated Press reports.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - ACNielsen U.S. has announced the launch of the Homescan RX/OTC Consumer Panel, a new research service that measures consumer purchases and use of prescription and over-the-counter medicines.

SALT LAKE CITY - Ready-to-eat shrimp may contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, so people with weak immune systems should stay away from such prepared food, a researcher said Wednesday at the American Society for Microbiology's annual meeting, Reuters reports.

DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreen Co. announced today its pharmacy patients can now go to any of its stores and request their medicine label instructions to be printed in Spanish, Chinese, French, Polish, Portuguese, Russian or Vietnamese.

NEW YORK - New research shows that one third of adults still select whole milk over skim milk, and more than 80 percent add butter or some other type of fat to their baked potatoes and bread, Reuters reports.