Daily Archives: July 8, 2017

Medication nonadherence may increase health care costs

8 Jul, 2017 | 20:19h | UTC

Longitudinal Patterns of Medication Nonadherence and Associated Health Care Costs – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Taking medications as prescribed important to control health care costs – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, via EurekAlert (free)

In this small study, patients with increasing nonadherence over time demonstrate more than a 3-fold increase in costs compared with adherent patients.

 

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Doxycycline may be a safer first option for treating a blistering skin condition

8 Jul, 2017 | 20:28h | UTC

Doxycycline may be a safer first option for treating a blistering skin condition – NIHR Signal (free)

Original Article: Doxycycline versus prednisolone as an initial treatment strategy for bullous pemphigoid: a pragmatic, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free) AND Editorial: Doxycycline: a first-line treatment for bullous pemphigoid? (free)

 

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Association of Playing High School Football With Cognition and Mental Health Later in Life

8 Jul, 2017 | 20:22h | UTC

Association of Playing High School Football With Cognition and Mental Health Later in Life – JAMA Neurology (free)

Editorial: Reassuring News About Football and Cognitive Decline? Not So Fast

Commentaries: What Are Outcomes Later in Life for High School Football Players? – The JAMA Network (free) AND High School Football: No Link to Later Cognitive Decline – Medscape (free registration required)

 

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The Smart-Medicine Solution to the Health-Care Crisis

8 Jul, 2017 | 20:16h | UTC

Viewpoint: The Smart-Medicine Solution to the Health-Care Crisis – The Wall Street Journal (by @EricTopol) (a few articles per month are free)

“Our health-care system won’t be fixed by insurance reform. To contain costs and improve results, we need to move aggressively to adopt the tools of information-age medicine”.

 

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Expert opinion is not always right

8 Jul, 2017 | 20:24h | UTC

Expert opinion is not always right – Students 4 Best Evidence (free)

This is the sixth in a series of 34 blogs based on a list of ‘Key Concepts’ developed by an Informed Health Choices project team.

 

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