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Why older people should eat their greens
Half a cup of broccoli a day can help older people avoid being hospitalised for a fall, new research from Edith Cowan University has found Researchers from the School of …
Drug burden and falls risk
Older people taking multiple high-risk medications for sleeping, pain or incontinence are twice as likely to fall and break bones, new research has shown And many die within a year …
Accidental death due to opioids: inquest
How can pharmacists help patients who are experiencing the side effects of tramadol, or at risk of accidental overdose? Perth woman Jackie-Lee Smith, 56, died due to tramadol intoxication leading …
Clinical tips: Parkinson’s Disease
Pharmacists can make small changes that can greatly help patients with movement disorders, writes Karalyn Huxhagen Parkinson’s disease (PD) comes in a variety of forms. While it may start slow …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs Use of certain medications is recognized as a major and modifiable risk factor for falls. In this systematic review …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Low-Dose Aspirin Discontinuation and Risk of Cardiovascular Events A large cohort study of over 600,000 people aged 40 and …
Falls prevention researchers eye robots
South Australian researchers are looking into how companion robots could help reduce the impact of falls Around 80,000 injuries and 1,000 fatalities are caused every year by frail and elderly …
Delving deeper into beta-blocker risks
A specific type of beta-blocker has been found to increase fall risk in older people While beta-blocker use has been associated with fall risk in some studies, the literature is …
Pharmacists in “unique” position to reduce fall risk
Falls are behind the vast majority of external-cause deaths among Australian nursing home residents, study finds The retrospective study of a cohort of nursing home residents used routinely recorded coronial data …
Clinical tips: Falls risk and pharmacy
Pharmacists need to consider the multiple factors in falls risk, writes Jarrod McMaugh As the most accessible health professionals, pharmacists encounter a lot of people who are at risk of …
10 key points: Deprescribing
An emerging health researcher and award-winning academic pharmacist speaks with AJP about the deprescribing process Dr Emily Reeve, from the Kolling Institute at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, is …
Clinical tips: falls explained
Pharmacists can help identify patients at risk of serious injury from falls, writes Ben Basger Falls may result in serious injury. For example, 12 months after a hip fracture in …