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
Current and future technology for the management of type 1 diabetes
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Current and future technology for the management of type 1 diabetes
Wednesday 15 August 2018, 12:30 AM

Continuous monitoring of interstitial glucose often still requires calibration to blood glucose measurements
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Technology has an increasing role in the management of type 1 diabetes. Major areas are insulin delivery and glucose monitoring, or combinations of the two. This article by Ben Wheeler is an overview of currently available devices, and those with promise for the future
It has been almost 100 years since Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin, initially heralded as a cure for diabetes. But, as the first
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