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
Exercise after childbirth: experts find little good evidence
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Exercise after childbirth: experts find little good evidence
Tuesday 17 October 2017, 03:51 PM

Only one in five women regain their pre-pregnancy levels of fitness by six months postpartum
Many women are keen to regain pre-pregnancy levels of fitness after giving birth. This article summarises a 2016 IOC review and what little evidence and few recommendations there are
There will always be an element of detraining in the final stages of pregnancy and early postpartum period
In 2016, the International Olympic Com
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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References
1. Bø K, Artal R, Barakat R et al. Exercise and pregnancy in recreational and elite athletes: 2016/17 evidence summary from the IOC Expert Group Meeting, Lausanne. Part 3 – exercise in the postpartum period. Br J Sports Med 2017; 22 Jun online: doi 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097964.