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Reimagining end-of-life care: Balancing polypharmacy, treatment modification, an quality of life in advanced cancer patients

Reimagining end-of-life care: Balancing polypharmacy, treatment modification, an quality of life in advanced cancer patients

BNN
by Mahnoor Jehangir;

Feb 15, 2024

In a recent groundbreaking study, researchers have illuminated the complexities surrounding polypharmacy and the prescription of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) to patients at the end of their lives, particularly those battling advanced cancer...

Where things stand: a summary of pending federal cannabis legislation

Where things stand: a summary of pending federal cannabis legislation

Reuters
Jean E. Smith-Gonnell and Cole White

Feb 8, 2024

Federal legislation pertaining to cannabis reform, once a political oddity, now commands significant resources and attention in Congress...

Psychedelic therapy debate returns to Missouri General Assembly

Psychedelic therapy debate returns to Missouri General Assembly

Missouri Independent

Jan 30, 2024

Numerous clinical studies nationwide have shown positive results from using psilocybin to treat PTSD, depression and substance use...

CDC plans to drop five-day COVID isolation guidelines

CDC plans to drop five-day COVID isolation guidelines

The Washington Post;

Feb 13, 2024

Americans who test positive for the coronavirus no longer need to routinely stay home from work and school for five days under new guidance planned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

Pharmacies are struggling to refill their own ranks

Pharmacies are struggling to refill their own ranks

Axios

Feb 6, 2024

Pharmacy retail chains staking their future on expanding the health care services they offer are running into a big problem: It's getting harder to draw the next generation of pharmacists amid turmoil in the industry...

Cannabis for neurodegenerative disorders

Cannabis for neurodegenerative disorders

Cannabis—Science and Technology

Jan 30, 2024

take a deep dive into research on how cannabis affects neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease...

Pharmacy in suit files for bankruptcy

Pharmacy in suit files for bankruptcy

San Antonio Express News
by Patrick Danner;

Feb 12, 2024

County's litigation targets Trinity along with major retailers for the amount of opioids it dispensed...

Strategies for positive change in opioid prescribing

Strategies for positive change in opioid prescribing

Pharmacy Times;

Feb 1, 2024

This is a video synopsis/summary of a Practice Pearls...

Hospices struggle to balance costs, patient needs in medication deprescribing

Hospices struggle to balance costs, patient needs in medication deprescribing

Hospice News

Jan 30, 2024

When deprescribing medications for hospice patients, providers have to navigate a complex web of factors...

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