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Millions of Americans With Chronic Ills Put Off
Health Care
Survey shows they suffer consequences of delaying doctor visits, filling
prescriptions. Millions of Americans
suffering from at least one chronic health problem are putting off care, not
taking needed medications, and resigning themselves to feelings of isolation
and depression.
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Study: Pharmacists Most Likely To Catch
Medication Errors
Most medication errors found in primary care practices are
prescribing errors. According to a new study by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, although a majority of these errors reach the patients,
it is pharmacists who are most likely to intercept the mistakes.
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Americans Need More Vitamin D: Researchers
The "sunshine vitamin," vitamin D, is increasingly seen as vital
to health, yet more Americans are not getting enough, U.S. researchers said
on Monday. Analyzing data from government health surveys, researchers from
the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine found three out of four
Americans had "insufficient" levels of vitamin D, up from about one
out two 20 years ago.
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Probiotics May Help Irritable Bowel
Probiotic products, which contain living microbes that aid digestion, may
help relieve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, according to Dr.
Nourieh Hoveyda and colleagues from University of Oxford, UK. Irritable bowel
syndrome, or IBS, is a common disorder affecting up to 30 percent of the
population by some estimates. Symptoms may include chronic abdominal pain,
bloating, diarrhea, and constipation.
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Prevention Methods Available For
Acid Reflux Sufferers
Acid reflux disease affects one out of 14 Americans daily.
People plagued with the disease are often unaware of the prevention tactics
available to easily treat acid reflux and never suffer from the disease
again. Symptoms of acid reflux include burning sensation in the chest, dry
cough, hoarseness in the throat,
regurgitation of acid and waking up in the middle of the night with
a foul taste in the mouth.
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