Conservative Treatment of LUTS in Men in Primary Care
Over 12 months at 30 U.K. general practices, men who received a standardized and manualized intervention had a sustained reduction in lower urinary tract symptoms
Over 12 months at 30 U.K. general practices, men who received a standardized and manualized intervention had a sustained reduction in lower urinary tract symptoms
Global cognition and dual-task gait performance were improved among community-dwelling older adults who practiced home-based, cognitively enriched tai ji quan therapy, compared with standard tai
Payments from the pharmaceutical industry are associated with oncologists’ prescribing of cancer drugs of questionable benefit, according to a cohort study of fee-for-service Medicare claims.
In a study of inappropriate prescribing to older adults, nurse practitioners (NPs) and primary care physicians performed similarly, researchers report. “Broad efforts to improve the
At a 1,000-bed teaching hospital in France, drug-related problems (DRPs) occurred less frequently in older patients with cancer cared for using the RECAP (phaRmaceutical care
An understudied group that is at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), patients aged 90 years or older had outcomes with anticoagulation different from those in
“Version 3 of the STOPP/START criteria is a welcome addition to geriatric pharmacotherapy,” write authors of a commentary. “The START criteria are a unique tool
Certain medication classes are associated with an increased risk of poor road performance over time in cognitively healthy older adults, according to a prospective cohort
In a Viewpoint article, authors consider how a CMS registry could be used in evaluating “whether monoclonal antibodies are reasonable and necessary in the Medicare
Positive changes in prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) for older adults were associated with the use of a passive clinical decision support (CDS) tool