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While the ads for Sperm Busters make mention of the CVS pharmacy being closed for the night, it is actually not the only external source of contraceptive devices in the area. Store 24 up the street stays open almost all night selling condoms...
...have to be a grizzled vetern of the local shopping wars to realize that Coop prices are at the high end of the retail spectrum. You can find cosmetics and toiletries for less at CVS, records for less at Strawberries, and books for less at Wordsworth. Sometimes the Coop rebate makes up the difference, but even when it does it comes a year too late in inflated currency that could well have financed a few nights on the town last year or at least have been earning some interest...
...test, called chorionic villi sampling (CVS), is a painless procedure and can be done in a physician's office as early as the fifth week of pregnancy. To perform it, the obstetrician inserts a long thin tube through the vagina into the uterus. A second doctor, following the procedure on an ultrasound monitor, helps the obstetrician position the catheter between the lining of the uterus and the chorion, a layer of tissue that surrounds the embryo during the first two months and later develops into the placenta. The goal is to suction up a sample of the chorionic villi...
...Eugene Pergament of Michael Reese is convinced that CVS "will eventually replace amniocentesis as the first line of genetic diagnosis." Earlier detection not only means less anxiety for the mother, it also means that should she choose to terminate the pregnancy, she can have a simple outpatient abortion after six to eight weeks rather than a far more complex one at five months, requiring hospitalization. "And no matter how you feel about abortion," says Jackson, "there is a difference in our perception of pregnancy at eight weeks...
However, where stock overlaps, CVS and Rix usually undercut their competitors. All the stores we visited sell 100-sheet packages of regular-lined filler paper. At Rix, you can buy it for 99 cents; at CVS it costs $1.33. The Coop, Store 24 and Bob Slate sell it for $1.45, $1.65, and $1.98 respectively...