Inappropriateness of Medication Prescriptions to Elderly Patients in the Primary Care Setting: A Systematic Review
Posted on June 12, 2019 by
This interesting meta-analysis was just published (notably, in a very reputable open-access, advertisement-free journal). 20% seems a very conservative estimate… The PDF is here: Here is the abstract: RESEARCH ARTICLE Inappropriateness of Medication Prescriptions to Elderly Patients in the Primary Care Setting: A Systematic Review Dedan Opondo1*, Saied Eslami1, Stefan Visscher2, Sophia E. de Rooij3, […]
SSRIs should be considered in the list of medications that are risk factors for osteoporotic fractures.
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Not really news but still an important pharmacovigilance paper. As has been correctly pointed out, relevant to the changing informed consent & decision making landscape. More on the subject matter at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17592097 Bone. 2012 Sep;51(3):606-13. Epub 2012 May 30. Antidepressant medications and osteoporosis. Rizzoli R, Cooper C, Reginster JY, Abrahamsen B, Adachi JD, Brandi ML, […]
From the Blackburn lab: Socioeconomic status and cell aging in children.
Posted on June 11, 2019 by
I am studying telomerase-environment interactions. Fascinating, as they say. Not news, but –
Traumatic loss, adult separation anxiety and childhood asthma
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Prenatal Stress and Risk of Asthma Hospitalization in the Offspring: A Swedish Population-Based Study Ali S. Khashan, PhD, Susanne Wicks, PhD, Christina Dalman, MD, PhD, Tine B. Henriksen, PhD, Jiong Li, PhD, Preben B. Mortensen, DMSc and Louise C. Kenny, MRCOG, PhD + Author Affiliations From the Anu Research Centre (A.S.K., L.C.K.), Department of Obstetrics […]
Unpredictable chronic mild stress and endothelial damage
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Just like “mild” traumatic brain injury, mild stress is relative. ___________________________________ Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress Promotes Atherosclerosis in High Cholesterol?Fed Rabbits Xiao-Ting Lu, PhD, Yun-Fang Liu, PhD, Lei Zhang, PhD, Rui-Xue Yang, PhD, Xiao-Qiong Liu, PhD, Fang-Fang Yan, PhD, Ying-Bin Wang, PhD, Wen-Wu Bai, PhD, Yu-Xia Zhao, MD and Fan Jiang, PhD + Author Affiliations […]