•	Patients With Medicaid Co-Pay Cut Out Certain Drugs   HealthDay
•	Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk   HealthDay
•	Travel Tips for Seniors   HealthDay
•	Self-Management Program Helps Diabetics   HealthDay
•	Minorities, Poor Have Tougher Time Monitoring Diabetes   HealthDay

Millions of patients don’t follow their doctor’s advice, for reasons that include misunderstandings, insurance problems, and lack of money. We explore the adherence crisis and ways to help you to stick to your own treatment plans. • Overcoming barriers to success • Is depression affecting your treatment? • Illiteracy: A hidden health hazard • Men vs. women: who really follows their doctors' advice? Medications work best when taken exactly as prescribed, but many of us miss doses, confuse our pills, or have trouble filling prescriptions. Find out how to manage your medications while keeping costs down. • How to stick to your drug schedule • Saving money on medications • Tool: Personal medication inventory • Look up side effects and drug interactions Eat right, exercise, cut back on stress: Advice for healthy living is easy to give, but often hard to follow. To help you get on track, check out our articles and interactive tools, and personal essays from people who've been there. • Fitness 101, an online class • Explore our Nutrition Toolbox • Need to drop some pounds? Try Weight Loss 101 • Ready to stop smoking? Start here. • Blog: Coping with heart failure • Essay: How I got through diabetes denial Health care is a team effort with your doctors, health plan, and many other players. Where do you fit in? Learn how to take charge and get the most from your health team. • Finding a good family doctor • More than one doctor? Coordinating your care • An advocate can look out for you • Navigating your health care system • Keeping a personal medication record Chronic diseases complicate your life -- and your health care. We have action plans and diaries, animations, checklists, and more to help you coordinate your care and improve your health. • Make a fitness contract • Asthma action plan • Asthma weekly diary • Animation: How to use a peak flow meter • Diabetes action plan • Diabetes weekly diary • Heart health weekly diary

Q: What Do You Do With Your Antibiotics?     Finish the whole course     Take them until I feel better     Take a few and save the rest for another time     I don't even fill the prescription See past polls

•	Quiz: Do You Know How to Handle Stress?
•	Nutrition Toolbox
•	Personal Medication Inventory

• Adherence and the Gender Gap • Asthma Adherence • Animated Guide: How to Use a Peak Flow Meter • Asthma Action Plan • Asthma Medications • Asthma Weekly Diary • Asthma: How to Use an Inhaler (for Children) • How to Use an Inhaler • Peak Flow Measurement: A Crucial Tool • Checklist: Medications • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) • Coordination of Care • Depression: Getting the Treatment You Need • Diabetes Adherence • Checking Your Blood Sugar • Coping With Diabetes • Diabetes Action Plan • Diabetes Medications • Diabetics in Denial • First Person: Farewell to the Sugar Shack • Insulin Pumps: One Diabetic's Story • Special Report: How I Survived Type 1 Diabetes • Getting Quality Medical Care • Heart Disease Adherence • Eating to Ward Off Heart Disease • First Person: Heart Attack Diary -- Part I, Dread and Denial • Heart Disease and Exercise • Heart Disease and Smoking • Heart Disease and Weight • Heart Failure • Heart Medications and Adherence • Mike's Blog: The Heart of a Runner • How Well Do You Know Your Numbers? • How to Adhere to Your Medication Schedule • Is Your Medicine Working? • Medication Labels: Are Patients Getting the Picture? • Navigating Health Plan Options • Personal Medical Records • Saving Money on Drugs • Special Report: Bridging the Culture Gap in Medicine • Special Report: Learning ESL After 60 Can Improve Health • Special Report: The Global Crisis in Adherence • Sticking to Your Treatment: Overcoming Obstacles • Storing Your Medicine • Taking Charge of Your Healthcare • When People Skip Medicines on Purpose

•	Asthma Center
•	Diabetes Center
•	Drug Information Center
•	Health-Care Issues
•	Heart Health Center
•	Patient Safety Center