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Sensor Necklace Aims To Increase Drug Compliance
Categorie : ComplianceResearchers now have a possible solution for the one in three adults who fail to take their medicines as prescribed by their doctors, as well as for everyone else who occasionally forgets: a sensor necklace that records the exact time and date when specially-designed pills are swallowed, and reminds ...
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Wed Mar 2008
Get Well Soon - Without Antibiotics, UK
Categorie : ComplianceWe must all play a part in conserving antibiotics to help tackle infections The Government will today launch a national campaign to remind doctors of the problem of antibiotic resistance and make clear to patients that antibiotics will not get rid of the common cold. ...
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The 'Silent Killer' Severe Hypertension Is Still On The Loose
Categorie : ComplianceHigh blood pressure may be one of the top killers in the country, but you'd never know it by the way we're behaving, say scientists attending the annual congress of the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)."Research shows that some 73 million people in the U.S. have high blood pressure, yet man ...
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Elderly Black Women More Likely To Maintain Hypertension Treatment If They Incorporate Spirituality, Study Finds
Categorie : ComplianceElderly black women who use spirituality might be more successful adhering to a hypertension regimen, according to a study presented on Wednesday at an annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Fla., HealthDay/U.S. ...
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Risk Of Prostate Cancer Return Greatly Increased When Treatment Appointments Missed
Categorie : ComplianceMen with "low risk" prostate cancer who miss more than two radiation treatments in an eight week treatment face an increased chance of their cancer recurring. That is the conclusion of a new study examining more than 15 years of data and nearly 1,800 patients treated at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Ph ...
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Ensuring Anti-HIV Drugs Are Taken In Africa
Categorie : ComplianceHIV-infected patients in the African country of Tanzania were more likely to stop taking their medications and to fail treatment if they had to pay for the drugs themselves.According the results of a new study conducted by Tanzanian physicians and Duke University Medical Center researchers, HIV-infe ...
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Americans Pay The Most For Prescription Drugs And Still Don't Take Them
Categorie : ComplianceAn international study of dialysis patients shows that although U.S. ...
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Preventing Adverse Drug Events In Older Adults
Categorie : ComplianceAdverse drug events are more common in older adults because they are prescribed more drugs and are affected differently by these drugs than their younger counterparts. A review article written by Tufts University School of Medicine clinicians, published in American Family Physician, summarizes steps ...
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Seniors Unable To Afford Prescription Drugs, Study Finds
Categorie : ComplianceTwo-thirds of California seniors cannot afford their medications, and nine in 10 seniors want to be able to choose which medications are prescribed to them, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. ...
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Do Make It Personal -- Adherence System Delivers Automated Reminders In Your Voice
Categorie : ComplianceIf mom is the CEO of her family's healthcare, how well she runs her "company" and manages her own time are vital to her family's health - and to the bottom line of all sectors of the healthcare industry. With pharmaceutical manufacturers losing $30M annually as a result of medication non-complian ...
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InforMedix Rings Up Med-ePhone - Mobile, Wireless Patient Medication Adherence Solution
Categorie : ComplianceInforMedix Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IFMX, http://www.informedix.com), developer of the Med-eMonitor?, an interactive smart pillbox system for medication adherence and health management, is planning to introduce a new device, the Med-ePhone?. ...
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System Of Simplified, Standardized Dosing Instructions For Prescription Medication Container Labels
Categorie : ComplianceYou have just been prescribed a new medication by your doctor and the container label says: "take one tablet by mouth twice daily for 7 days." How much and how often should you take your medicine? This might be easy for you to answer, but 46 percent of adults misunderstand at least one prescription ...
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Adherence To Antiretroviral Treatment Linked To Health Literacy, Study Finds
Categorie : ComplianceHIV-positive people with low health-literacy levels are less likely to understand their medication instructions and, therefore, are less compliant with their antiretroviral treatment regimens, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Reuter ...
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Study Published In Health Affairs Finds Value-Based Insurance Design Effective
Categorie : ComplianceActiveHealth Management (ActiveHealth(R)) announced the publication of a study designed to determine the medication compliance impact of selectively lowering co-pays for certain classes of drugs used in the treatment of chronic medical conditions. The study results showed a significant increase in c ...
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Did Pack-size Laws Reduce Paracetamol Suicides Or Was Fall Just A Coincidence?
Categorie : ComplianceFatal poisonings involving paracetamol (acetaminophen) fell after a law introduced in the UK restricted the number of tablets that could be sold across the counter. But new research has concluded that this reduction may not have been a result of the change in the law. [click link for full article] ...
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Complications Of Type 2 Diabetes In Young People -- A Ticking Bomb
Categorie : ComplianceThe increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associated complications in young people mean better approaches and management of both are urgently needed, conclude authors of a Review published in The Lancet.The Review adds that the poor adherence of adolescents with type 2 diabetes t ...
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Patients Not Complying With Treatment A Universal Problem
Categorie : CompliancePatients not complying with their dermatologic treatment is a universal problem that doctors need to address, according to Steven Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in an editorial published in the current issue of Archives of Dermatology. He said non-compliance ...
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Study Finds Higher Cost Sharing Reduces Treatment Adherence, Drug Usage; Health Policy Report Examines SCHIP
Categorie : Compliance"Insuring All Children -- The New Political Imperative," New England Journal of Medicine: In the health policy report, NEJM national correspondent John Iglehart discusses the history of SCHIP and the program's effect on access and quality. [click link for full article] ...
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Heart Medications: The More You Skip, The More You Risk
Categorie : ComplianceAlthough it might take some effort to find out why some patients skip taking their medicine, a new study finds that heart patients who most frequently miss a dose are more than twice as likely to suffer heart attack, stroke and death. The findings are important because they pinpoint the size of th ...
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Side Effects Could Cause Women To Stop Taking Drugs Aimed At Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence, Studies Say
Categorie : ComplianceSome women taking the drugs tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors, which block the production of estrogen, to prevent breast cancer recurrence are ending their therapy prematurely because of side effects, according to two studies presented Thursday at the 2007 [click link for full article] ...
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