Network meta-analyses using individual participant data (IPD-NMAs) have been increasingly used to compare the effects of multiple interventions. Although there…
Polypharmacy and deprescribing
Polypharmacy is a common issue in clinical practice, with 20% of adults given ≥5 regular medications. It particularly impacts elderly…
Retail Therapy: Zappos Offers to Listen to Pandemic Worries
In response to rising anxiety over the coronavirus, the shoe retailer Zappos started a customer service line that people can…
Retail Therapy: Zappos Offers to Listen to Pandemic Worries
In response to rising anxiety over the coronavirus, the shoe retailer Zappos started a customer service line that people can…
Coronavirus Live Updates: Parallel Plagues Ravage the U.S.
Cities across the U.S. smoldered after a chaotic night of protests over police violence. President Trump postponed the G7 summit…
U.S. Sends Two Million Doses of Hydroxychloroquine to Brazil
The two countries are studying whether the drug is safe and effective for the prevention and early treatment of Covid-19.…
U.S. Sends Two Million Doses of Hydroxychloroquine to Brazil
The two countries are studying whether the drug is safe and effective for the prevention and early treatment of Covid-19.…
Pharmacokinetics for the prescriber
Pharmacokinetics is the science that describes (using the ADME approach) the Absorption of a drug from its site of administration,…
How to appraise clinical trials
Treatment decisions should be based on reliable data. However, randomized controlled trials are susceptible to bias and other important limitations.…
Prescribing medicines for elderly patients
Populations around the world are ageing. This can be attributed, in part, to the availability of more effective therapeutic interventions…