Intervention Cuts Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Seniors
Intervention also effective for reducing proton pump inhibitor prescribing.
Intervention also effective for reducing proton pump inhibitor prescribing.
The key to treating older patients with pain? “Don’t assume anything.”
Despite being at higher risk for chronic pain, undertreatment is common among older adults.
Data from 188 countries show average life expectancy is now about 71 years.
Prevalence of osteoporosis 16.2% in adults aged 65 years and older; higher among women
Researchers suggest 300 minutes weekly of activities such as walking or gardening.
Both animal and plant sources are important.
But nearly half take a prescription cardiovascular drug, almost a fifth have diabetes.
GlaxoSmithKline announced results from the Phase 3 ZOE-50 trial of HZ/su, an investigational vaccine for the prevention of herpes zoster in older adults.
But stronger bones did not translate into fewer fractures in this elderly, high-risk population.
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