Women’s Representation in CVD Drug Trials Varies
Representation in desired range for hypertension, atrial fibrillation but low for heart failure, CAD
Pediatric Pharmacists Face Unique Challenges
Medication dosing errors are more common in pediatrics; manipulation of dosage form required
April 2018 Briefing – Pharmacy
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pharmacy for April 2018. This roundup includes the latest...
Doctors Generally Confident With Deprescribing for Elderly
Lack of time and difficulty engaging patients, caregivers reported as barriers to deprescribing
Practices Should Be Aware of Correct Way to Fire Employees
Practices should be aware of basic employment laws in their state, which vary with number of employees
Synthetic Opioid Involvement in Opioid-Related Deaths Up
From 2010 to 2016, synthetic opioid involvement up from 14.3 to 45.9 percent of opioid-related deaths
Glyburide Not Noninferior to Insulin for Gestational Diabetes
Frequency of primary outcome was 27.6 and 23.4 percent in glyburide and insulin groups, respectively
Flu Vaccines Have High Impact, Even With Relatively Low Efficacy
High impact seen, especially when the vaccine uptake is optimally distributed across age groups
Certain Anticholinergic Drugs Appear to Raise Dementia Risk
Dementia link seen with antidepressant, urological, and anti-Parkinson's drugs
Potentially Inappropriate Meds Use Prevalent in Cancer Patients
But baseline potentially inappropriate medication use has no correlation with most poor clinical outcomes
