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
Uncertainty over health impact of chemicals in fire-fighting foam
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Uncertainty over health impact of chemicals in fire-fighting foam
Wednesday 25 April 2018, 04:59 PM

Some New Zealand firefighting activity has led to surface contamination with perfluorinated chemicals
Persistent organic chemicals and their pollution of groundwater around firefighting activities has been in the spotlight, but the evidence of causation of ill health is still remarkably inconclusive
As a youth, this author did his fire service training with the Fire Authority of Northern Ireland, as part of my Duke of Edinburgh’s Award service. Th
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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