In a recent Australian prospective cohort study, the relationship between multiple antihypertensive use and mortality, and the effects of dementia and frailty on this relationship, have been examined in residents with diagnosed hypertension. 239 residents were...
In Australia and in many other parts of the world, consumers have enthusiastically embraced complementary and alternative medicines – but how reliable is the provenance of these products? Australian researchers have recently used novel techniques such as DNA...
A large open-label trial from Japan recently assigned 2236 patients with AF and IHD (percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) more than 1 year earlier or angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease not requiring...
Especially in nations with developed health systems, HIV infection is increasingly managed as a chronic medical condition requiring life-long drug therapy. Researchers have recently addressed the possibility that the number of antiretroviral drugs might be able to be...
Researchers have examined the impact of the services provided by pharmacists in the aged care setting. 52 studies addressing services provided for nearly 31,000 residents were included. Of note, pharmacist services reduced the mean number of falls (‐0.50; 95%CI: ‐0.79...
