How to handle (and improve) polypharmacy in your patientsFiguring out what exactly a patient is taking—and what else they’re taking—is key in managing meds What Paris Hilton can teach us about memoryCase study shows short-term memory functions better when info – such as celebrities’ faces – is familiar NEW DRUGS: Treatment approved for low blood sodium Alzheimer’s drug add-on cancels effectiveness Another study shows concurrent use of cholinesterase inhibitor, anticholinergic medication could worsen dementia Investigational drug update Spotlight on drugs in late-stage development in Canada. Drug News: December 2011/January 2012 Samsca for hyponatremia; Sublinox: new non-benzodiazepine hypnotic; Visanne for endometriosis pain. Stroke sufferers less likely to return home if they have dementia Those who go home after hospitalization more likely to become disabled Brain’s role in obesity a new focus for research Our brains may reset their controls to accept a higher level of fat as being a new normal Intensive diabetes control does not help the brain No cognitive benefit seen by targeting HbA1c less than 6.0% Five factors key in managing dementia patients in ER Lack of understanding and expertise serve to aggravate patients’ behaviour problems, experts note at meeting First Previous 253 254 255 256 257 Next Last
