CHALLENGES TO PHYSICIAN–PATIENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT MEDICATION USE: A WINDOW INTO THE SKEPTICAL PATIENT’S WORLD

Challenges to physician–patient communication about medication use: a window into the skeptical patient’s world

Tanya Bezreh1, M Barton Laws1, Tatiana Taubin1, Dena E Rifkin2, Ira B Wilson11Health Services Policy and Practice, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; 2Divisions of Nephrology and of Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USAAbstract: Patients frequently do not take medicines as prescribed and often do not communicate with

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Everyday Uses of Music Listening and Music Technologies by Caregivers and People With Dementia: Survey and Focus Group Study

BackgroundMusic has long been identified as a nonpharmacological tool that can provide benefits for people with dementia, and there is considerable interest in designing technologies to support the use of music in dementia care.However, to ensure that music technologies are appropriately designed for supporting caregivers and people living with dem

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Molecular Mechanism of the Cell Death Induced by the Histone Deacetylase Pan Inhibitor LBH589 (Panobinostat) in Wilms Tumor Cells.

Wilms tumor (WT) is an embryonic kidney cancer, for which histone acetylation might be a therapeutic target.LBH589, a novel targeted agent, suppresses histone deacetylases in many tumors.This study investigated the antitumor activity of LBH589 in SK-NEP-1 and G401 cells.SK-NEP-1 and G401 cell growth was assessed by CCK-8 and in nude mice experiment

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