Despite an increase in the use of medication for opioid use disorder in older adults from 2017 to 2022, disparities persist; ...

The Center for Human Nutrition at the U of A is conducting a research study to learn more about the effects of protein on body composition and wellbeing in adults who will be starting medication for ...

As a pharmacist-health services researcher, Dr. Antoinette Coe studies how to improve medication use and safety. Some of her motivation comes from personal experiences as a caregiver and helping ...

Objective The aim of the MEDication reminder APPs to improve medication adherence in Coronary Heart Disease Study was to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of using publicly available ...

Introduction Forgetting to take a medication is the most common reason for non-adherence to self-administered medication. Dose administration aids (DAAs) are a simple and common solution to improve ...

In the United States, nearly three million adults 18 years and older reported having active epilepsy during 2021 and 2022. SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy), however, is rare, occurring in ...

Introduction The growing number of smartphone health applications available in the app stores makes these apps a promising tool to help reduce the global problem of non-adherence to long-term ...

2 The University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute, St Lucia, Australia 3 The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Herston, Australia Introduction Poor medication adherence is common ...

In this study, Torres-Robles and colleagues report a cluster randomised controlled trial of an individually tailored intervention to increase medication adherence in patients with hypertension, asthma ...

The official rate of Canadians 65 and older living in poverty is six per cent. But the number could be more than double that, new research warns.

The article notes that a lack of physical activity is a risk factor for more than 30 chronic conditions that affect older adults ... in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease.