Are fluoroquinolones linked to an increased risk of aortic or mitral regurgitation? This possible association has been examined in a recently published pharmacoepidemiological study. Data from the FDA adverse reporting system database was used to analysed for a a...
People undergoing treatment for various malignancies often use of dietary supplements during their therapy, perhaps without sufficient regard to the potential consequences. It is possible that some supplements (especially antioxidants), could compromise the...
Guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggest insulin for treatment of pregestational and gestational diabetes (PGDM and GDM) but don’t specify which insulin to use. Researchers have set about the task of reviewing evidence to...
The nature of case-mix coding may well be impacting on the data used to estimate drug-related excess mortality in the USA. Using annual death rates for 1999–2016 stratified by state, sex, five-year age group, and cause of death, researchers have modelled the...
Electronic health records (EHR) are becoming increasingly common in health systems, and one of the purported advantages of implementation is protection from medication safety events, including medication errors. American researchers used data from a national,...
