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prescription

[pri-skrip-shuhn] / prɪˈskrɪp ʃən /


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Their findings suggest that certain prescription medications and lifestyle changes can reduce biological age as measured by DNA-based blood tests.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Those include over-the-counter options like melatonin as well as prescription medications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Another limitation was that the researchers relied on prescription records.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

So the counselor had to find replacement medical and prescription drug coverage that would work with the beneficiary’s MassHealth and Medicare Savings Program benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

I had started to inventory the bookshelves when I got a letter from Ted, a note actually, written hurriedly in ballpoint on his prescription notepad.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

At first, women with GLP-1 prescriptions appeared to experience several pregnancy complications more frequently than those without exposure.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Profits are growing: adjusted operating income at the stores rose about 11% last quarter, helped by Rite Aid prescriptions and locations CVS bought last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

In the end, the beneficiary chose the same plan through which she was already filling all her prescriptions.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Residents of rural areas are waiting longer for everything from prescriptions to bills, a report published in September by the Postal Service’s inspector general said.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

The drugstore was coming in to help the doctors, but Dr. Wilde was one of the few to maintain his own dispensary and to compound his own prescriptions.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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