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Mobile health short message service text messages can improve medication adherence

Review: mHealth Text Messages Promote Medication Adherence

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Nine of 13 articles show improvement in adherence rates with mobile health text messages
Older smokers who experience migraines appear to be at increased risk of stroke

Older Smokers With Migraines May Face Added Stroke Risk

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Researchers find no increased risk among nonsmokers
The American Medical Association is encouraging clinicians to share their perspectives on electronic heath records and the meaningful use program.

AMA Wants Doctor Input on EHRs, Meaningful Use

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Doctors encouraged to share stories, e-mail Congress members
From 2014 to 2024

U.S. Health Spending Projected to Rise 5.8 Percent By 2024

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Increase due to ACA coverage expansions, faster economic growth, population aging
Only one-third of American seniors with diabetes have their disease under control as defined by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines

Treatment Targets Not Met by Most Older Patients With Diabetes

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Only one in three have diabetes controlled as defined by ADA guidelines
Confusion between the names of the antidepressant Brintellix (vortioxetine) and the antiplatelet Brilinta (ticagrelor) has led to the wrong medication being prescribed or dispensed

FDA Warns of Confusion Between Brintellix, Brilinta

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No known use of the wrong drug, but prescribing, dispensing errors have been reported
More than 50 million Americans live with a physical or mental disability

CDC: 20 Percent of U.S. Adults Have a Disability

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Race, poverty, and less education linked to increased odds of having a disability
Physicians report that patient safety is often at risk during the emergency department admission handoff process due to ineffective communication. The findings were published online July 22 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Docs Report Patient Safety Often at Risk in ER to Inpatient Handoff

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Both ER, inpatient physicians say patient safety is at risk during handoff
For obese individuals

Home-Based Device Beneficial for Obese Patients With Knee OA

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Biomechanical device tied to improvement in all gait parameters at three, 12 months
Among U.S. male physicians

Chocolate Consumption Shows No Impact on Risk of A-Fib

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No association with incident atrial fibrillation; no evidence of effect modification by adiposity, age