Oct 23, 2018
A recent systematic review and meta analysis published in the British Medical Journal investigated the effect of endocrine therapies on a range of cardiovascular disease outcomes amongst women with non-metastatic breast cancer.Seven specific cardiovascular disease...
Oct 23, 2018
Millions of people with diabetes receive metformin treatment every day, this being consistent with widely implemented treatment guidelines. Clinicians are apprehensive about the possibility of lactic acidosis amongst metformin-treated patients with renal impairment....
Oct 23, 2018
Many doctors report that patients resist suggestions to discontinue medications during deprescribing efforts. Researchers have recently published data that critically examines this issue in more detail, with the study appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine. Responses to...
Oct 22, 2018
Paracetamol is widely use for children, but how much do caregivers know about the safe use of this product? Australian researchers recently quizzed a convenience sample of caregivers who had purchased Children’s Panadol, using an online survey. The majority of...
Oct 22, 2018
The REMAIN HOME trial is investigating whether integrating a pharmacist into 14 general practices reduces unplanned hospital re-admissions of patients who were recruited during admission to any of 11 participating hospitals. The investigators have recently described...
Oct 22, 2018
A recent study from Turkish researchers has revealed that polypharmacy was associated with various clinical issues including metabolic syndrome, chronic pain, incontinence, increased serum creatinine level, increased Geriatric Depression Scale scores, reported gastric...
