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• Doctor Proposes Information Tech to Reduce Prescription Errors - Business Review USA (press release)
  

  Doctor Proposes Information Tech to Reduce Prescription ErrorsBusiness Review USA (press release)For example, pharmacists often misread doctor's handwritten prescriptions and give patients the wrong dosage -- or even the wrong medication -- for their medical problems.

• Should Pharmacists Prescribe Prescription Medications? - Forbes
  

  StandardNetShould Pharmacists Prescribe Prescription Medications?ForbesPlease educate me of any professions in USA where a “Educated Qualified Professional” is required to stand on their feet for 8-14 hours a day (and sometimes longer) and not even get a break unless it is a restroom break.

• Letters: Spend quality time with feline friends - USA TODAY
  

  USA TODAYLetters: Spend quality time with feline friendsUSA TODAYUSA TODAY receives about 300 letters each day.

• Pharmacy's own '1984' - ModernMedicine
  

  ModernMedicinePharmacy's own '1984'ModernMedicineAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were about 269000 pharmacists in the USA in 2008.

• House panel questions DGCI's qualification criteria - Times of India
  

  House panel questions DGCI's qualification criteriaTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: All you need to get India's top drug job - Drug Controller General of India ( DGCI) - is a simple graduation in pharmacy or a graduate degree in medicine with post-graduation in clinical pharmacology or microbiology (MD) along with five .