Marcus A. Banks

Some degree of pain is inevitable in older individuals, and as people pass 80 years of age, the harms of medications used to control chronic pain increase. Pain-reducing medication use in this age group may cause inflammation, gastric bleeding, kidney damage, or constipation.

Buprenorphine is better at treating chronic pain than other opioids that carry a higher addiction risk and often cause constipation in elderly patients.

Boys and young men are especially likely to use muscle-building supplements, which may be harmful or provide no benefit.

A more definitive picture of how some hormones and moisturizers can offer relief to women experiencing vaginal dryness or painful intercourse during

DENVER — Online training about the details of in vitro fertilization IVF ) boosts patient confidence about managing the process more than in-person

Preventable deaths were higher for residents in rural counties than in urban counties every year from 2010 to 2022, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Exercise during the IVF or egg freezing process is especially beneficial in people who already work out regularly.

DENVER — Moderate to vigorous exercise during the in vitro fertilization (IVF) or egg freezing process lowers patient stress levels and does not

The Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) that specialty pharmacists employ for certain high-risk medications can be cumbersome and time-intensive, with manual entry requirements plus a lengthy process involving numerous stakeholders to prove that a drug will do more benefit than harm for a given patient, speakers noted at the NASP 2024 Annual Meeting & Expo, in Nashville, Tenn.

Corticosteroids remain an effective tool for treating chronic graft-versus-host disease, although they are ineffective for many people and have troubling side ...