"It's this idea of having a smouldering infection in your mouth"
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 4gt yr meds? Getting kids to remember their medicine may be a text message away. Ohio doctors are experimenting with texting to tackle a big problem: Tweens and teens too often do a lousy job of controlling chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes or kidney disease. It's a problem long recognized in adults, particularly for illnesses that can simmer without obvious symptoms until it's too late. But only now are doctors realizing how tricky a time adolescence is for skipping meds, too. Of necessity, parents start turning over more health responsibilities to their children...
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