Monthly Prescribing Reference

Intervention Cuts Drug Prep Errors for Peroral Drugs

(HealthDay News) — A newly developed intervention program tailored to hospitals can reduce the rate of inappropriately prepared solid peroral drugs for patients with feeding tubes, according to a ...
Science Daily

Non-drug interventions for patients with Alzheimer's are both effective and cost-effective, study shows

Researchers used a computer simulation model to show that the four dementia-care interventions saved between $2,800 and $13,000 in societal costs, depending on the type of intervention, and all ...
News Medical

Holistic lifestyle interventions outshine drugs in preventing cardiometabolic diseases

A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine reviewed the benefits of combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) on cardiometabolic health. Obesity and overweight are risk factors for ...

Review shows obesity drugs, obesity surgery lead to a higher proportion of fat-free mass loss than diet and exercise

A new systematic review and meta-analysis of studies presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey (May ...
Healthline

Study Finds These Simple Non-Drug Interventions Can Help People With Alzheimer's Disease

Share on Pinterest Over 6 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. FG Trade/Getty Images A new study examined four dementia care interventions and found that ...
EurekAlert!

Non-drug interventions for patients with Alzheimer’s are both effective and cost-effective, study shows

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — While new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease tend to receive the most public attention, many well-researched ways to care for people with dementia don’t involve ...