Potentially Inappropriate Medications Found in Most Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, Landmark Study Reveals
A new study found that nearly two-thirds of older adults with type 2 diabetes are prescribed at least one potentially ...
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Pharmacists Could Slash Risky Medications in Older Adults—But Saudi Arabia Isn’t Ready Yet
A narrative review finds Saudi Arabia lacks validated tools, national guidelines, and pharmacist authority for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in ...
Blood Transfusions and Low Platelets Flag Bleeding Risk in Prostate Cancer Patients on Antithrombotics
For men with advanced prostate cancer approaching the end of life, a routine decision about whether to continue blood thinners ...
Why Young Adults Suddenly Stockpile Unused Pills: Huge Study Reveals Age-Specific Drug Risks
A five-year analysis of more than 36,000 Japanese outpatients shows that the risk factors driving leftover medications shift dramatically with ...
How CGRP antibodies and deprescribing may reverse medication-overuse headache in migraine
A new real-world study shows that combining structured deprescribing with anti-CGRP preventive therapy produced dramatic reductions in monthly migraine days, ...
Can New Sleep Drugs Help Patients Quit Risky Sleeping Pills?
A new commentary in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine examines whether dual orexin receptor antagonists can help patients safely ...
When Guidelines Collide, Doctors Must Choose: Prioritisation Is a Treatment in Its Own Right
A new Perspective in the Journal of General Internal Medicine argues that deciding which guidelines to follow first, defer, or ...
What Makes Families Open to Cutting Medications in Nursing Homes? It’s the Drugs, Not the Demographics
A survey of 973 South Korean family caregivers finds that attitudes toward deprescribing are shaped by residents' medication circumstances such ...
Diabetes Drugs Often Continue Until Death in Dementia Patients, Landmark Study Finds
A landmark study of more than 16,500 people in the United Kingdom and Australia shows that glucose-lowering medications often persist ...
Evidence Under Fire: New Debate Over How Medication Optimisation Tools Should Be Judged
A letter in European Geriatric Medicine argues that disputes over the STOPP/START criteria expose the need for transparent evidence-grading standards ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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