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
From Rome with froth – and love
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 01:30 AM

The LaPavoni Professional coffee machine retains its chic factor – and still works – more than 25 years after its purchase in Rome [Image: Barbara Fountain]
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Editor Barbara Fountain reflects on an iconic machine that has faithfully furnished her mornings with coffee
Nothing says ‘I’ve got this’ quite like a mini piece of steam-age machinery on the benchtop
Every morning in our house, an old boiler splutters t
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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