More falls among older people treated with opioids

Canadian researchers have recently added further confirmation of what many clinicians have long suspected. Among 67929 patients (mean age nearly 81 years), the percentage of patients who had filled an opioid prescription in the two weeks preceding a hospitalization...

Bleeding with synthetic cannabinoids

A serious reminder that not all products sold as “natural” are safe: https://www.jwatch.org/fw114217/2018/05/29/coagulopathy-cases-linked-synthetic-cannabinoids-top-200?query=pfw&jwd=000020140177&jspc=PA