Biomedical engineer Annabelle Singer has spent the past decade developing a noninvasive therapy for Alzheimer's disease that uses flickering lights and rhythmic tones to modulate brain waves. Now she has discovered that the ...
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Free access to essential medicines increases patient adherence to taking medication by 35 percent and reduces total health spending by an average of over $1,000 per patient per year, according to a two-year study that tested ...
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A persistent challenge in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention is medication adherence – getting patients to take their medication as required to get the best results.
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Generic medications currently account for over 70 percent of prescriptions dispensed. However, while generic drugs are clinically bioequivalent to the brand-name version, they often differ in their physical characteristics, ...
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For years, doctors treating those with HIV have recognized a relationship between how faithfully patients take the drugs they prescribe, and how likely the virus is to develop drug resistance. More recently, research has ...
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Here's a surprising statistic: Nearly 50% of people with asthma do not take their medications as prescribed. That means they risk a flare-up of symptoms or a visit to the emergency room. Asthma researchers have studied medication ...
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People who live in neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty and unemployment are less likely to fill their heart-failure drug prescriptions than those living in wealthier areas, a new study shows. The findings not only ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Researchers at Aston Pharmacy School have found that people with severe mental illness could benefit from peer support to help them manage their medication and improve their health and quality of life.
Dec 7, 2023
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Patients who feel low when having a cardiac device implanted are more likely to stop taking their heart medications than those without depression, according to research presented today at ACNAP 2023, a scientific congress ...
Jun 24, 2023
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When it comes to medication adherence for patients, a detailed mathematical analysis from a Rochester Institute of Technology scientist has found that history is likely to repeat itself. In a new study published in the Journal ...
Jan 12, 2023
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