MONDAY, June 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) - Our bodies are a stew of hormones and chemicals and enzymes and all sorts of exotic-sounding ingredients. For many women, this concoction bubbles
Today, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) released the 2023 update to the AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18372). The AGS Beers Criteria® serves as a comprehensive list of medications that older people should potentially avoid or consider using with caution because they often present unnecessary risks for this population. Given that, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, United States (NCHSUS), more than 88% of older people use at least one prescription and more than 66% use three or more in any given month, the AGS Beers Criteria® are an important clinical, educational, c and quality assurance tool for clinicians across disciplines and the healthcare system as a whole.
Minnesota is not prepared to legalize a recreational drug that will increase hospitalizations, inflate health care costs, and deepen Minnesota’s caregiver crisis.
A new service designed to delay frailty-related negative outcomes, such as hospital admissions and premature transfer into fulltime care, has increased primary care contact