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Taking five or more medications daily can negatively impact older adults with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias

Written by | 8 Nov 2024

Polypharmacy, commonly defined as taking five or more medications daily, is a significant health care concern impacting over 30% of older adults. It is associated with poor health outcomes like… read more.

Statins cost effective and linked to better health outcomes in older people

Written by | 20 Sep 2024

Statin treatment is cost effective and linked to better health outcomes in older people with or without previous cardiovascular disease, although the risk reductions were substantially smaller in… read more.

Adding obesity experts to primary care clinics improves patients’ weight loss outcomes

Written by | 24 May 2024

Giving high-risk patients access to an obesity specialist through their regular primary care clinic increased their chances of receiving at least one evidence-based weight-management treatment, and led to… read more.

The number of people experiencing poor health and early death caused by metabolism-related risk factors has increased by 50% since 2000

Written by | 21 May 2024

The latest findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021, published today in The Lancet, provide new insights into health challenges and the risk… read more.

Reducing diabetes medication costs can help improve outcomes, especially for low-income patients

Written by | 17 Feb 2024

A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute has found that reducing out-of-pocket costs for patients with diabetes, especially those considered low income,… read more.

Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma but are often irregular and inconsistent

Written by | 23 Feb 2023

Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma, however they are often irregular and inconsistent leading to an increase in hospital readmissions, new research has found…. read more.

Self-driven healthcare can improve health outcomes and reduce costs

Written by | 4 Dec 2022

A vision for building sustainable, self-driven healthcare spanning primary care, secondary care and the wider health and social care system has been set out by medical innovators writing… read more.

Early HIV diagnosis and treatment important for better long-term health outcomes

Written by | 30 Oct 2022

Starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) early in the course of HIV infection when the immune system is stronger results in better long-term health outcomes compared with delaying ART, according… read more.

In-house pharmacists essential for aged care

Written by | 9 May 2022

Medicines are the most common treatments used in healthcare, especially for older people. But when they’re not used correctly, they can cause serious and sometimes fatal outcomes. Now, new… read more.

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