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
Nothing Under Four Stars: Winter solstice
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Nothing Under Four Stars: Winter solstice
Friday 15 June 2018, 01:36 PM

Young Fathers includes band members from Edinburgh, Liberia and Nigeria
Approaching the winter solstice, we must expect some of the year’s best albums to wash ashore. Often, we see a flood of new material at the end of the year, but by now we are hoping for the most innovative releases to set the tone. Here are two candidates
Cocoa Sugar
Young Fathers
Ninja Tune, 2018
★★★★½
On a steady arc to finding more critical acclaim than commercial fame remain Young Fath
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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