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Drugs & Aging

Issue 3/2017

Content (7 Articles)

Therapy in Practice

Late-Onset Asthma: A Diagnostic and Management Challenge

Charlotte Suppli Ulrik

Therapy in Practice

Optimal Bowel Cleansing for Colonoscopy in the Elderly Patient

Samuel B. Ho, Rita Hovsepians, Samir Gupta

Review Article

Targeted Therapies in Elderly Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Review of the Evidence

Gonzalo Tapia Rico, Amanda R. Townsend, Vy Broadbridge, Timothy J. Price

short communication

New-Onset Diabetes After Statin Exposure in Elderly Women: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

Mark Jones, Susan Tett, Geeske M. E. E. Peeters, Gita D. Mishra, Annette Dobson

Original Research Article

Tolerability of Cholinesterase Inhibitors: A Population-Based Study of Persistence, Adherence, and Switching

Anat Fisher, Greg Carney, Ken Bassett, Colin R. Dormuth

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.