Oct 17, 2018
In a brief study published in the Medical Journal of Australia, researchers examined the extent of exclusion of migrants and members of ethnic minorities from clinical trials, on the basis that this practice may compromise the generalisability of research findings....
Oct 16, 2018
Supplements and other complementary medicine products are very widely used indeed, but are they what they are represented to be? Regulatory bodies such as the TGA and the US FDA have for many years warned consumers about products containing undeclared, unapproved...
Oct 14, 2018
A systematic review evaluating the outcome of deprescribing compared with standard care has recently been promulgated. The subject in the included studies were adults 18 years and older who were not terminally ill. The primary outcome was successful deprescribing,...
Oct 14, 2018
Consensus generally discourages the use of NSAIDs for those with hypertension, heart failure, or chronic kidney disease (CKD). In a recent retrospective cohort study, administrative claims were linked to examine a cohort of patients who were 65 years and older, seen...
Oct 13, 2018
Does knowing about peers’ prescribing habits influence an individual’s choices? It seems so. A study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry investigated if peer comparison letters targeting high-volume primary care prescribers of quetiapine...
