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Drugs & Aging

Issue 11/2015

Content (9 Articles)

Leading Article

Best Practices for Drug Prescribing in Older Adults: A Call for Action

Alessandra Marengoni, Alessandro Nobili, Graziano Onder

Therapy in Practice

Myelodysplastic Syndromes in the Elderly: Treatment Options and Personalized Management

Sonja Burgstaller, Petra Wiesinger, Reinhard Stauder

Original Research Article

Quality of Life After Off-Label Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke in Elderly Patients

Capucine Diard-Detoeuf, Séverine Debiais, Mélanie Imbert, Alexandra Musikas, Marie Gaudron, Emeline Laurent, Bertrand De Toffol, Caroline Hommet, Karl Mondon

Original Research Article

Antihypertensive Medications, Loop Diuretics, and Risk of Hip Fracture in the Elderly: A Population-Based Cohort Study of 81,617 Italian Patients Newly Treated Between 2005 and 2009

Giovanni Corrao, Paolo Mazzola, Matteo Monzio Compagnoni, Federico Rea, Luca Merlino, Giorgio Annoni, Giuseppe Mancia

Original Research Article

Prevalence of Drug Combinations Increasing Bleeding Risk Among Warfarin Users With and Without Alzheimer’s Disease

Heidi Taipale, Hanna Vuorikari, Antti Tanskanen, Marjaana Koponen, Jari Tiihonen, Raimo Kettunen, Sirpa Hartikainen

Original Research Article

Nurse Education to Reduce Harmful Medication Use in Assisted Living Facilities: Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial on Falls and Cognition

Anna-Liisa Juola, Mikko P. Bjorkman, Sarita Pylkkanen, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Helena Soini, Hannu Kautiainen, J. Simon Bell, Kaisu H. Pitkala

Erratum

Erratum to: Antidiabetic Treatment Patterns in a Medicare Advantage Population in the United States

S. Lane Slabaugh, Yihua Xu, Jane N. Stacy, Jean C. Baltz, Yunus A. Meah, Jean Lian, D. Chad Moretz, Jonathan R. Bouchard

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 discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.