During a presentation at the 2015 European Cancer Congress (ECC), a clinician displayed a photo collage of seniors, including an 85-year-old woman swinging from the parallel bars and a group of women ...

Researchers offer recommendations for addressing polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use among older patients with cancer. In a narrative review published in The Journal of ...

The American Board of Internal Medicine began the Choosing Wisely Campaign to encourage communication between patients and their healthcare providers and enable patients to choose healthcare that is ...

Results of a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial emphasize the risks of polypharmacy with regard to prescription and nonprescription medications. Research published in The Oncologist ...

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The problem of polypharmacy in older adults is being increasingly recognized and addressed in guidelines specifically targeting elderly persons, [14,15,16] and in studies of interventions to improve ...

Use of unnecessary medications by terminally ill cancer patients. Background: Elderly patients (70+ years) have a high prevalence of comorbidity resulting in a high frequency of polypharmacy (PP) ...

An exercise intervention aimed at elderly women was successful at reducing falls, especially among those with polypharmacy, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University ...

Deprescribing is necessary in a healthcare environment where patients are managed by multiple providers and take multiple medications. The number of Americans over the age of 65 years is increasing.