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
Nitrates, drinking water and bowel cancer: Worrying link or red herring?
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Nitrates, drinking water and bowel cancer: Worrying link or red herring?
Wednesday 14 August 2019, 05:00 AM

Increasing water contamination from farming is a concern, but debate still rages as to whether one of those concerns should be increased nitrate levels and risk of colorectal cancer
Southern correspondent Fiona Cassie takes a closer look at the science behind concerns over the health impacts of nitrates in water
Bowel cancer is increasing dramatically for the under-50s. So there is something happening early on that is triggering this…and it’s mostly likely som
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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References
Schullehner J, Hansen B, Thygesen M, et al. Nitrate in drinking water and colorectal cancer risk: A nationwide population-based cohort study. Int J Cancer 2018;143:73–79.