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Medication taking behaviour and hypertension: A review of the literature [PDF]
, 2009 Hypertension is a global illness and one that affects circa 20% of the population. Despite the effectiveness of treatment, adherence with medication is a key concern, particularly in the elderly.
Banning, M
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A review of interventions used to improve adherence with medication in older [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Medication mismanagement is a continuous problem particularly in older people. Numerous interventions have been developed and tested in an attempt to improve adherence with medication in this client group.
Banning, M
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The Other Side of Medicalization: Self-Medicalization and Self-Medication [PDF]
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 2013 The concept of medicalization has given rise to considerable discussion in the social sciences, focusing especially on the extension of medicine's jurisdiction and its hold over our bodies through the reduction of social phenomena to individual biological pathologies.
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Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2005 Nerve growth factor (NGF) is an important substance in the skin, where it can modulate nerve maintenance and repair. However, the direct link between NGF and pruritic disease such as atopic dermatitis is not yet fully understood. To determine whether NGF
Norikazu Takano +2 more
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The impact of social media on Acne Vulgaris treatment [PDF]
Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology, 2023 Introduction: Acne Vulgaris is a skin disease that, with the advent of social media, has become more susceptible to the spread of unreliable information.
Yzadora Vittória Nunes Lima +3 more
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Self-medication, self-prescription and medicating “by proxy” in paediatrics
Anales de Pediatría (English Edition), 2017 Self-prescribing or medicating 'by proxy' is not an autonomous, free and voluntary decision in the case of children. On the contrary, in this case it is based on the subjective interpretation of symptoms made by the mother or by a third person who is legally responsible for the minor.
María, Valenzuela Ortiz +6 more
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Utilization of Medicines Available at Home by General Population of Rural and Urban Set Up of Western India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: In India, medicines are procured with prescription or without prescription by patients, which are kept at home and often are utilized in inappropriate manner.
Nazima Mirza, Barna Ganguly
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Patient self-management in kidney transplantation. definition, measurement, and intervention [PDF]
, 2009 While one-year graft survival rates for deceased donor transplants have soared from about 40% in 1975 to more than 90% in 2005 [1], the long-term perspective has changed very little.
Schäfer-Keller, Petra
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Science, 2013 Animal self-medication against parasites is more widespread than previously thought, with profound implications for host-parasite biology.
de Roode, J. C. +2 more
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Older people and medication taking behaviour: A review of the literature [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Older people represent a sizeable population of the UK. Many older people receive drug treatment for long term conditions. Adherence with medication is therefore an important clinical, financial and resource intensive concern.
Banning, M, Maggi Banning
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