Senior citizens who are taking several medications are less likely regain independence after rehabilitating from hospital ...

Global antipsychotic polypharmacy use increased significantly from 1970 to 2023, with 25% of antipsychotic users receiving multiple prescriptions, new research shows. Antipsychotic polypharmacy was ...

When does a medicine cabinet become a health hazard? For America's seniors, that line has been crossed with alarming ...

It is still unknown whether the relationship between polypharmacy and malnutrition is bidirectional and authors could not determine causation. Findings of a systematic review published in Clinical ...

2020 SEP 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Hospital & Nursing Home Daily-- A new study on Health and Medicine - Healthcare Management is now available. According to news ...

The share of patients meeting the definition of polypharmacy for the condition of overactive bladder declined from 2006 to 2017, but the phenomenon was still prevalent in women and patients in nursing ...

Here's a scenario so common that it applies to nearly 92 percent of older adults with cancer: An individual comes in for treatment and reports taking several medications that might include a drug for ...

As the Boomer generation ages, the prevalence of polypharmacy — patients taking multiple medications to manage chronic conditions — is surging. Nearly 40% of older adults take five or more medications ...

In today’s healthcare system, we stand at a critical crossroads when it comes to medication management. For decades, the practice of polypharmacy — prescribing multiple drugs to treat various symptoms ...

Nationwide real-world usage of blood-based (liquid) biomarker testing in Japan. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text ...