MeSH tree: E05.337.800
A new randomized clinical trial finds that simple reminder emails substantially increase clinicians' use of a database that supports safe prescribing of opioids and other drugs, even though opioid prescribing patterns themselves ...
Dec 29, 2025
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Results from a new trial published in The Lancet Global Health show that a mobile application, Med Safety, improved the reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by health care workers in Uganda.
Sep 18, 2025
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Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a significant cause of hospital admissions and treatment discontinuation worldwide. Conventional approaches often fail to detect rare or delayed effects of medicinal products. In order to ...
Aug 6, 2025
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A multicenter study led by Cedars-Sinai created a database of adverse medication events—the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and a medical issue costing more than $500 billion annually.
Apr 3, 2025
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Cases of secondary tumors have been reported as a possible adverse reaction to the treatment of certain blood cancers with CAR T-cells. A recent analysis of the cases reported to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut highlights the challenges ...
Jan 24, 2025
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Since the opioid epidemic was declared a public health crisis in 2017, it has claimed the lives of nearly half a million Americans. High-profile cases like that against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family put the focus on ...
Dec 17, 2024
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Saint Louis University's Liz Chiarello, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, recently published an article in the American Sociological Review. The article explores pharmacists' use of prescription drug monitoring programs ...
Feb 13, 2024
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Government and industry guardrails are urgently needed for Generative AI to protect the health and well-being of our communities, say Flinders University medical researchers who put the technology to the test and saw how ...
Nov 13, 2023
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At the end of a long day, you realize you're starting to get a headache. So you buy painkillers from the street vendor, and take two. But how do you know what those pills really are? The vendor isn't a pharmacy. There's no ...
Apr 5, 2023
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The gold standard of opioid addiction treatments, methadone is a lifeline for millions of people addicted to narcotics like heroin, oxycodone and fentanyl.
Aug 23, 2022
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