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Strategies For Reducing Painful Breast Cancer Drug Side Effects
Aromatase inhibitors, the same drugs that have buoyed long-term survival rates among breast cancer patients, also carry side effects including joint pain so severe that many patients discontinue these lifesaving medicines. New University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research, however, has uncovered patterns that may help clinicians identify and help women at risk of these symptoms sooner in order to increase their chances of sticking with their treatment regimen.
Cost Of Noncompliance Revealed By Study Of Adjuvant Endocrine Treatment For Breast Cancer
The largest study in the world of treatments for post menopausal, hormone positive breast cancer has shown that patients who continue to take exemestane or tamoxifen do significantly better than patients who start to take one or other drug (or tamoxifen followed exemestane) but then stop.
Why illness perceptions matter in patient support
Once a patient is diagnosed with an illness or injury, he or she generally develops an organised pattern of beliefs about his or her condition. These views are key determinants of the patient’s emotional reactions and behaviour directed at managing the illness, including their adherence to treatment. Despite their importance, the illness or symptom perceptions of patients are rarely sought during medical consultations or in disease management/patient support programmes.
Heart Disease Patients Don't Take Their Medicines
At least a quarter of people with heart disease don't take vital medicines they have been prescribed to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Surviving Sepsis Program -- Increased Compliance Gets Results
A 'surviving sepsis' in-hospital project has been shown to improve the care of patients with sepsis.
Reminders From Intelligent System Increase The Independence Of Those With Special Needs
A team of researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) has created a system with Artificial Intelligence techniques which reminds elderly people or people with special needs of certain everyday tasks.
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