From toddler dance-offs to 24G needles, some things stay the same – peer pressure

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From toddler dance-offs to 24G needles, some things stay the same – peer pressure

13 March 2019

Jonathan Bentley

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 04:00 AM

Toddlerhood is a difficult time in life, apparently, with a lot of peer group pressure to

Competitiveness is innate, and peer pressure is another angle which has its uses, as this GP finds when two schoolboys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder arrive in back-to-back appointments for an iron infusion

My son is currently visiting from New York with his 20-month-old son, our first grandchild. We are trying to instil in him important aspects of his he

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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

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