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Depression and EGFR mutation status in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. Background: To evaluate the prevalence of polypharmacy and the inappropriate prescribing of medications (IPM), and to ...

Polypharmacy is when you take several medications each day, often defined as five or more. While you may need these medicines to treat or prevent health issues, multiple drugs can sometimes be harmful ...

Polypharmacy, commonly defined as taking five or more medications daily, is a significant health care concern impacting over 30% of older adults. It is associated with poor health outcomes like falls, ...

(HealthDay)—Polypharmacy is associated with poorer cognitive and physical capability even after adjustment for disease burden, according to a study published online March 24 in the Journal of the ...

Patients with NSCLC taking five or more medications tended to have worse survival, highlighting the need for medication management, research showed. Older patients with advanced non-small cell lung ...

I’ve just come back from an appointment with my favorite doctor, a sought-after, highly-skilled endocrinologist at an acclaimed local hospital. I love seeing her because she is kind and compassionate ...

In patients with acute HF, polypharmacy is common and associated with multimorbidity and older age. Polypharmacy is common globally among patients with acute heart failure (HF) and is associated with ...

It is still unknown whether the relationship between polypharmacy and malnutrition is bidirectional and authors could not determine causation. Findings of a systematic review published in Clinical ...

Results of a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial emphasize the risks of polypharmacy with regard to prescription and nonprescription medications. Research published in The Oncologist ...