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An appointment-based model which synchronizes medication refills to improve medication adherence is associated with improvement in medication-taking behavior

Medication Adherence Up With Refill Synchronization Model

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Improvement in medication-taking behavior; cost savings over one year for HTN, DM, hyperlipidemia
Chronic spontaneous urticaria interferes with sleep and daily activity

Considerable Humanistic Impact for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria

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Two-thirds of patients with CSU report angioedema, which significantly affects health-related QoL
Approximately 4 percent of Americans have a food allergy

~4 Percent of U.S. Population Has Food Allergy, Intolerance

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Researchers find most common food allergen groups are shellfish, fruit or vegetable, dairy, and peanut
For patients with food allergy

Quality of Life May Drop for Some During Oral Immunotherapy

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Patients with better QOL at baseline, might deteriorate after therapy
Lessons from social psychology can be used to improve behavioral changes in terms of error disclosure

Social Psychology May Help With Physician Error Disclosure

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Deliberate practice, together with lessons from social psychology, can implement change in error disclosure
Proposed legislation as part of the American Health Care Act

High-Risk Pools May Represent Step Back for U.S. Health Care

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Higher premiums, deductibles, out-of-pocket costs likely to make high-risk pools unaffordable
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would repeal the federal law essentially banning construction of physician-owned hospitals and making it difficult for these facilities to grow

New Bill Intends to Repeal Limits on Physician-Owned Hospitals

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Bill introduced in U.S. House of Representatives has bipartisan support with more than 50 co-sponsors
The Republican-led bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that passed the House this month would result in 23 million Americans losing their health insurance coverage

New Health Care Act Could Result in 23 Million Losing Insurance

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While premiums may lower over the long-term, many would face much higher out-of-pocket costs
Different paths to perspective of another's experience are associated with varying effect on helpers' health during helping behavior

Path to Empathy Deemed As Vital As Being Empathetic

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Conclusion could be especially useful in context of medical professions, researcher says
Mepolizumab is associated with significantly more weeks in remission than placebo among patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Remission Up for Mepolizumab in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis

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Significantly more weeks of accrued remission for mepolizumab treatment versus placebo