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
Heli-skiing in glacier country: Snow, ice and solitude
Wednesday 1 September 2021, 01:40 AM

Our helicopter was waiting with lunch; if the weather had been better we would have then returned to the saddle for another run
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Barbara Fountain and friend head south to check out the country’s longest ski run
I love the mountains, the stark beauty, the solitude, the light and the effort it takes to enjoy them. But, that’s not to say I’m averse to taking eas, Tasman glacier 2
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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