Aug 31, 2020
The ‘ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly’, or ‘ASPREE’ study, was a randomised, controlled trial of aspirin versus placebo for prevention of CV events, between 2010-2017 by a team of researchers from Australia and the United States. Its aim was to address the...
Aug 25, 2020
While methadone and buprenorphine treatment for opioid use is widely used and accepted, the efficacy of non-medication treatments in reducing opioid use and improving treatment retention is unclear. A retrospective cohort study in the United States has compared...
Aug 19, 2020
The efficacy of a program aimed to reduce inappropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing for paediatric acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) has been evaluated in a recently published stepped-wedge clinical trial. 72,723 ARTI visits by 29,762 patients were...
Aug 19, 2020
A systematic review has examined factors associated with persistent opioid use after prescribing for acute musculoskeletal injury. Studies involving 263 393 participants were included, and the overall prevalence of prolonged opioid use after musculoskeletal injury for...
Aug 14, 2020
On the back of other recent research suggesting the possibility of increased risk of skin cancer associated with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) treatment, an Australian case control study sought to determine the risk of lip cancer and malignant melanoma among people...
