Age has its privileges, and a popular one is shopping discounts. Seniors 65+ get serious discounts the first week of the month at Walgreens and Duane Reade, and also at Rite-Aid. But you can't just show up and point to your smile lines or grey hair. The discounts are only for members of the chains' loyalty programs. Walgreens offers 20% off in-store and 10% off online on the first Tuesday of … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Mammograms & Breast Exams
Mammograms and clinical breast exams are two of the best ways to protect yourself from the ravages of breast cancer. Women over the age of 40 can get FREE mammograms and exams at a mobile care clinic next Thursday, May 25th, at two locations in Brooklyn. The service is open to women with or without health insurance. If you have insurance, you'll void co-pays and deductibles. If you do not … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Skin Cancer Screenings
Just in time for summer sun season, the physicians at Weill Cornell Medicine are offering FREE skin cancer examinations. The free screening is to raise awareness of skin cancer and sun safety generally, and identify any potential skin problems you need to be aware of. No appointment is necessary, and medical insurance is not required. This is a walk-in event next Friday, May 19th, 1pm to … [Read more...]
Poison Prevention Week: keep your home safe
It's National Poison Prevention Week, a good time to be reminded about keeping your family safe from being poisoned accidentally, such as by colorful packets of concentrated laundry detergent that look like candy to kids. The NYC Poison Control Center hotline is available 24/7 on the phone with pharmacists and nurses certified in poison information, for treatment advice about exposures to … [Read more...]
NYC Free: discount Rx prescription card
Save as much as half off your prescription medicines with the FREE Big Apple Rx prescription discount card. This just may be the best deal in NYC, since it's open to everybody - it is not limited to low-income New Yorkers or the elderly, it has nothing to do with Obamacare, and there is no limit how often you can use the card to save money. SEE ALSO Free museum admission with the IDNYC … [Read more...]
Sam’s Club FREE health screenings
Once again, Sam's Club is offering FREE health screenings whether or not you are a Sam's Club member. The free screenings, valued at $150, are today, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, from 11am to 4pm. at Sam's Club locations with a pharmacy. Remember, no membership is required to take advantage of the offer — just tell them at you’re there for the complimentary screening at the entrance. Did you know … [Read more...]
Driving safety tips for snow, sleet, ice
Slipping and sliding: the best advice for driving in bad weather is simple -don't. If you absolutely must drive, go slower than usual and steer, accelerate and brake more gently than usual to avoid skids. Driving in snow, sleet and ice is treacherous even for good drivers in vehicles with anti-lock brakes, traction control and all-season tires. Please stay off the roads and streets and give … [Read more...]
Save a life. Get Naloxone in NYC without a prescription
Partying this weekend? Save a life. Get Naloxone without a prescription. NYC pharmacies now offer the life-saving drug, which reverses the effects of a heroin or other opioid overdose without a prescription. Naloxone also is available FREE at community-based drug overdose prevention programs. More than 1,000 people are expected to die from drug overdoses in in New York City in 2016. That would … [Read more...]
Free Fitness Fair on Jan. 1, 2017
Start the New Year by getting back in shape. Join the health and fitness experts at the JCC on the Upper West Side for a day of FREE Fitness Day of classes, giveaways and seminars designed to help you act on your New Year Resolution to get rid of that holiday flab. Free fitness classes include Zumba, yoga and tai chi, plus healthy cooking demos, even the chance for a consultations personal … [Read more...]
Halloween candy buyback program
Once again this year, you can send your extra Halloween candy to US Military stationed overseas. Operation Gratitude collects candy via community and school groups -- and it's not too late to get yours organized, since the packages are sent out in mid-November. Operation Gratitude has sent more than one million packages. Dentists around the country are participating in the annual Halloween … [Read more...]
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