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Health care systems are not always built to accommodate caregivers into the care team, but including caregivers into the conversation can provide essential information to clinicians about the patient’s health.
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Despite the prevalence of multiple medication use, a significant proportion of both older adults and caregivers were unaware that older adults should avoid certain medications.
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When we characterize ED visits as “inappropriate,” we are essentially faulting patients for making the decision to go to the ED; however there is a lot more behind that decision than simply a patient’s choice.
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A recent study shows the impact of asking “Do you want everything done?” for critically ill patients and their family members.
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Despite the claim that “CDC does not accept commercial support,” this agency does indeed have financial ties to industry organizations. A petition from watchdog groups is demanding transparency.
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On “The People’s Pharmacy” on NPR, Shannon Brownlee and Cynthia Boyd discuss drivers of and solutions for medication overload.
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Privacy isn’t the only thing we should be worried about with Facebook’s new preventive health tool…
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Is sunshine really the best disinfectant? Or do we need much more than transparency when it comes to financial conflicts of interest?
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The hype around 3D mammograms misleads patients about the benefits of cancer screening.
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It’s a Lown Institute tradition to highlight pharma’s fear-mongering on Halloween, and this year is no exception.
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