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Study identifies causes of bone loss in breast cancer survivors
Osteoporosis is a growing concern among breast cancer survivors and their doctors, because certain cancer drugs can cause bone loss. view more (2008-11-20)
ARE OLDER PEOPLE BEING PRESCRIBED THE RIGHT MEDICINES?
An earlier report from the RCP, `Medication for Older People', published in 1997, revealed that older people were more likely to suffer from over-prescription of medicines, being prescribed the wrong kind of medicine due to a mistaken diagnosis, and poor monitoring of side effects and adverse reactions. Although they make up only 18% of the... view more... (1999-04-15)
Short-term use of antipsychotics in older adults with dementia linked to serious adverse events
Older adults with dementia who receive short-term courses of antipsychotic medications are more likely to be hospitalized or die than those who do not take the drugs, according to a report in the May 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. view more (2008-05-27)
Education may improve hospital prescription rate of emergency contraception to teens
Many doctors don't offer emergency contraception pills to adolescents who may benefit from them during emergency department visits because of misinformation about how the medicine works, according to a study by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. view more (2009-03-06)
People often forgo using lifesaving beta blockers despite health insurance
Fewer than half of the patients who were prescribed beta blocker drugs following a heart attack and who had some prescription drug coverage were regularly taking them during the first year after leaving the hospital. view more (2006-09-14)
Wait-and-see approach for treating ear infections substantially reduces use of antibiotics
For children with acute ear infections seen in an emergency department, giving parents the option of delaying use of antibiotics resulted in significantly lower use of antibiotics compared to parents who received a standard prescription, with little difference in the outcomes for the children. view more (2006-09-13)
Computerized doctors' orders reduce medication errors
Doctors are famous for sloppy scribbling - and handwritten prescriptions lead to thousands of medication errors each year. Electronics to the rescue: U.S. hospitals that switched to computerized physician order entry systems saw a 66 percent drop in prescription errors, according to a new review of studies. view more (2007-06-28)
When physical and mental health problems co-occur and money gets tight, which prescriptions go unfilled?
A new study points to a troubling connection between out-of-pocket expenses for people contending with both physical illnesses and depression, affecting access to antidepressant treatment. view more (2009-04-08)
ß blockers may affect airways function in elderly patients
Topical ß blockers are the most commonly prescribed drugs for glaucoma in the United Kingdom, yet a study in this week’s BMJ finds that they are associated with excess risk of airways obstruction in elderly patients. view more (2002-12-11)
Study examines use of opioids
Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that in a given week, over 10 million Americans are taking opioids, and more than 4 million are taking them regularly (at least five days per week, for at least four weeks). These findings appear in the August 31 issue of the journal Pain. view more (2008-08-28)
Costs of treating arthritis on the rise nationwide, study finds
The amount Americans spent on arthritis medications more than doubled between 1998 and 2003, due to the fast-rising number of people with the disease, increases in the number of medications they take each month and the inflation-adjusted cost per prescription, according to a new study led by a UCSF researcher. view more (2007-04-30)
Are blood thinners post-op killers?
New study shows that the use of powerful anticoagulants to prevent pulmonary embolism may actually lead to more deaths after surgery view more (2008-04-01)
Can rapid malaria diagnostic tests improve health outcomes in practice?
A new study, carried out in primary care units in Zanzibar and published in this week's issue of PLoS Medicine, evaluates the impact of rapid malaria tests on prescribing practice and clinical outcomes. view more (2009-04-28)
Athletes on performance enhancers more likely to abuse alcohol, other drugs
College athletes who use performance-enhancing substances may be at heightened risk of misusing alcohol and using recreational drugs as well, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. view more (2009-11-12)
Deaths from Unintentional Injuries Increase for Many Groups
While the total mortality rate from unintentional injury increased in the U.S. by 11 percent between 1999 and 2005, far larger increases were seen in some subgroups analyzed by age, race, ethnicity and type of injury by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy. view more (2009-09-03)
Suicide risk does not increase when adults start using antidepressants, study finds
The risk of serious suicide attempts or death by suicide generally decreases in the weeks after patients start taking antidepressant medication. view more (2006-01-03)
Adverse drug events reported to FDA appear to have increased markedly
The number of serious adverse drug events reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more than doubled between 1998 and 2005, as did deaths associated with adverse drug events. view more (2007-09-11)
Patients should be allowed to pay for statins
GPs should be able to offer private prescriptions for cholesterol lowering drugs (statins) to patients below 3% risk of heart disease, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. Statins can help prevent coronary heart disease in people whose annual risk is 0.6% or more. Yet this would lead to treatment of over 40% of the British adult population, and... view more... (2004-02-11)
Cost control measures limit patient and physician choice in psychotropic medications
A new Brandeis University study published online in Clinical Therapeutics suggests that private health plans increasingly rely on escalating copayments to manage drug costs, as opposed to administrative controls. view more (2007-03-02)
Cell Analysis wins EC grant to develop rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing
Cell Analysis has just won an EC grant worth approximately £500,000 to develop further its patented technology for the rapid testing of antibiotic susceptibility in bacteria. This project aims to improve significantly the efficiency of antibiotic prescription practice by increasing the speed of susceptibility testing. Cell Analysis is the... view more... (2001-03-01)
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