Background Adherence to chronic therapy is a key determinant of patient health outcomes in
chronic disease. However, only about 50% of patients adhere to chronic therapy. One of the …

Introduction Ageing—along with its associated physiological and pathological changes—
places individuals at a higher risk of multimorbidity and treatment-related complications …

2021 Update to the 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart
Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection …

Abstract The 2017 ACC/AHA/Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) heart failure (HF)
guidelines (1) reflect a focused update of the ACC/AHA 2013 HF guidelines (2) and include …

Amid increased concerns about the adverse consequences of low health literacy, it remains
unclear how health literacy affects health status and health service utilization. With a sample …

Abstract Aims Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels< 75 nmol/L are associated
with a nonlinear increase in mortality risk. Such 25OHD levels are common in heart failure …

The elderly population in the United States is projected to almost double by the year 2050. In
addition, the numbers of diabetics are rising, along with its most common complication …

Many medical errors are due to the fact that people in charge of patient or elder's medication
have to deal with sorting huge amounts of pills each day. This paper consists on the …

Declines in maximal aerobic power and skeletal muscle force production with advancing
age are examples of functional declines with aging, which can severely limit physical …

Medication non-adherence is a prevalent, complex problem. Failure to follow medication
schedules may lead to major health complications, including death. Proper medication …