Health

Does SMS messaging really help the medicine go down?

Mobile health solutions or mHealth encompasses all of the technology and software that combined with mainly smartphones, provide individuals to measure, record, monitor, analyse and report the state of their health. The ultimate ...

Health

Primary care docs rate many hospitalizations as avoidable

(HealthDay)—Physicians acknowledge that a considerable proportion of hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are avoidable, according to a study published in the July/August issue of the Annals ...

Health

Adherence is generally high to tobacco control act provisions

(HealthDay)—Tobacco retailers are generally adherent to all provisions of the Tobacco Control Act, according to a study published in April issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Preventing Chronic ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pharmacist program can improve IFN-beta adherence in MS

(HealthDay)—A pharmacist medication adherence program can improve adherence to interferon-beta (IFN-β) among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), according to a letter to the editor published online ...

Cardiology

Patient education does not impact apixaban adherence

Adherence to the oral anticoagulant apixaban among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) was no better for those who received an educational program compared to those who did not, results of the international, randomised ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers quantify 'pandemic fatigue'

Anecdotal evidence of "pandemic fatigue"—defined by the World Health Organization as "a lack of motivation to follow recommended COVID-19 protection behaviors"—has been reported and shared almost as long as physical distancing ...

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