Thursday, December 26, 2002

Easier drug schedules help cognitively impaired HIV patients
Press release from VA Research Communications Service on a study published in in the December 24 issue of Neurology on the use of computerized pill bottles to track medication adherence. The study found that "HIV-infected patients with cognitive problems were far more likely to miss doses when they had to take pills three times a day, compared to once or twice per day."  
  

Medscape Pharmacotherapy Journal Scan, December 2002
"...the clinician's guide to the latest clinical research findings in Clinical Drug Investigation, Clinical Therapeutics, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, British Journal of Pharmacology, and the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Short summaries of feature articles include links to the article abstracts and full text, when available." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
  

Conference will highlight approaches to mental health recovery (North Carolina)
New Bern Sun Journal story on a a Jan. 8 Neuse community conference "on a new approach to dealing with mental health concerns" at which Mary Ellen Copeland will be the keynote speaker. The conference is sponsored by the Neuse Center, which was awarded a $60,000 grant "to fund a pilot program on the recovery method approach to treating mental illness earlier this year, one of two such pilot programs in the state examining the viability of the relatively new method being examined as the state restructures its way of caring for those with mental health problems."