For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
I got hitched last Saturday
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I got hitched last Saturday
Friday 13 March 2020, 10:54 AM

Jim Vause with his new wife Annette
Nelson GP Jim Vause has wed again after a long consultation with Siri on his phone
I got hitched last Saturday. Done it before, both of us, not to each other, but as they say, practice makes perfect. It was a simple ceremony, 70 frie
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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