MeSH tree: N05.300.150.395.450
Up to 1 in 3 people with Parkinson's disease use at least one psychotropic medication, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. People with Parkinson's disease were using psychotropics more frequently ...
Apr 21, 2026
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Older hospitalized patients who struggled with taking their medications correctly were 10% less likely to need to return to the hospital if they had a pharmacist's help at discharge, according to a new multisite clinical ...
Apr 6, 2026
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Managing complex medical conditions often requires the simultaneous use of multiple different drugs, referred to as polypharmacy. While necessary, this significantly increases the risk of drug-drug interactions (DDIs), which ...
Mar 11, 2026
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Use of medications for mental health and behavioral conditions among children and young adults increased steadily for two decades, according to a study published online recently in the Journal of the American Academy of Child ...
Feb 14, 2026
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Polypharmacy—the concurrent use of multiple medications—is a global challenge, and the active participation of patients and their families in decisions about medication use is essential. In a new study, researchers at University ...
Jan 23, 2026
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Research tracking polypharmacy—people regularly taking five or more medications—found an increase in multiple medicine use during the past decade, largely driven by a growth among men.
Jan 20, 2026
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Current NHS policies designed to improve care for people taking multiple medicines may not be effective, according to new research.
Oct 20, 2025
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McGill University researchers have developed and are licensing a digital tool to help safely reduce patients' use of medications that may be unnecessary or even harmful to them.
Aug 4, 2025
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Hazardous and binge drinking are becoming more prevalent in older people, most notably women, according to a large study of alcohol use and aging in two Nordic countries that may illuminate similar trends in other Western ...
Aug 4, 2025
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There is much to commend about Australia's lung cancer screening program, which started on July 1.
Jul 3, 2025
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