Compliance News

Risk Of Prostate Cancer Return Greatly Increased When Treatment Appointments Missed

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:17 GMT

Men 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.

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Ensuring Anti-HIV Drugs Are Taken In Africa

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:17 GMT

HIV-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.

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Elderly Black Women More Likely To Maintain Hypertension Treatment If They Incorporate Spirituality, Study Finds

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:16 GMT

Elderly 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.

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Adherence To Antiretroviral Treatment Linked To Health Literacy, Study Finds

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:15 GMT

HIV-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, Reuters Health reports.

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System Of Simplified, Standardized Dosing Instructions For Prescription Medication Container Labels

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:15 GMT

You 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.

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InforMedix Rings Up Med-ePhone - Mobile, Wireless Patient Medication Adherence Solution

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:14 GMT

InforMedix Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IFMX, http://www.informedix.com), developer of the Med-eMonitor™

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Do Make It Personal -- Adherence System Delivers Automated Reminders In Your Voice

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:13 GMT

If 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.

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Seniors Unable To Afford Prescription Drugs, Study Finds

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:13 GMT

Two-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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Preventing Adverse Drug Events In Older Adults

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:12 GMT

Adverse 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.

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Ireland Cancer Center Researcher Finds Standard Treatment For Breast Cancer Not Followed

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:12 GMT

Research out of the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center, in collaboration with six integrated health plans that are part of the Cancer Research Network, found that the majority of older women with early stage breast cancer fail to adhere to the standard of treatment - five years of daily oral use of the chemo-prevention drug Tamoxifen.

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