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Red Ribbon Week has, since 1988, been the last week of Oct. Illicit drugs are typically the focus of Red Ribbon Week. A few extend the focus of the week to maltreatment of alcohol and prescription drugs, as well.

As a nutritionist, I often get asked about whether or not High Fructose Corn Syrup, or HFCS for short, is bad for your health. This is an important question because HFCS has replaced regular old "sugar," also known as sucrose, as our sweetener of choice. HFCS can be found in everything from sodas and snack foods to toothpaste and cough syrups.

At its present rate of increase, diabetes will be a fact of life for a third of the U.S. Population by 2024. An increasing trend toward obesity and an aging populace were cited as the main troubles in a Centers for Disease Control report published on Oct. 22. As the cost of treating diabetes is expected to triple, the CDC has launched efforts reduce the number of cases.

Hi everyone! I’m back again with more pharmacy news. This week, I took to the streets of Harlem to ask a few of the residents about their medication experiences.

Community Healthcare Network's Helen B. Atkinson offers primary care health for residents of Harlem.

A new study found that walking six to nine miles a week may keep the brain size same. Normally our brain decreases in size at old age and these lead to poor memory.

Harlem is known for its high amount of health difficulties as a result of lack of easy to use health care resources, low patient education and so on. I had this conversation with a Harlem resident to find out about his medication experiences.

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Being a student at the Touro College of Pharmacy in Harlem and working as a pharmacy intern allows me help patients get the best out of their medications.