Inappropriate Drugs Can Harm Nursing Home Patients
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MONDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Nursing home residents treated intermittently with drugs for common ailments such as depression, arthritis or sinus problems over a three-month period were almost 90 percent more likely to die at the end of that period than were patients who didn't take such drugs, new research shows.
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A drug commonly used to control diabetes increases the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, researchers reported yesterday in the latest episode to raise safety concerns about a widely prescribed drug.
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NEW YORK  - The use of high or very high  doses of morphine is safe for hospice patients being cared for  at home, and does not reduce life expectancy, according to a  report in the journal Cancer.
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A study suggests that a virulent drug-resistant bacterium spreading in hospitals and nursing homes may be twice as common as once thought.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Nursing home residents who take daily doses of vitamin E appear to be less likely to develop certain respiratory infections, a new study finds.    The protective effect was most pronounced with upper respiratory infections, such as the common cold...
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(HealthDay News) -- When an elderly person falls, it could cause life-threatening injury.
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The little purple pill may leave some people at a greater risk of pneumonia. And, it&#39;s not just the little purple pill. These new findings apply to a number of widely used heart burn and ulcer drugs.
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The agency issues a reminder that osteoporosis drugs can cause severe pain.
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Better oral hygiene, including good regular toothbrushing, may lessen nursing home residents&#39; chances of developing pneumonia, according to a study
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Studies questioning the safety of the drugs Celebrex and Aleve have created a quandary for patients: If every drug that relieves their pain has worrisome side effects, what do they do?
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NEW YORK  - Drugs usually used to treat  high blood pressure and heart failure may also be helpful for  Alzheimer's patients, Japanese researchers report.
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Patients treated with widely used osteoporosis drugs may develop severe and sometimes disabling muscle, joint and bone pain, U.S. officials said on Monday in an alert highlighting the previously known risk.
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TUESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new study adds to growing evidence that antipsychotic drugs raise death rates among elderly people, who are sometimes given them when their behavioral problems become too much for doctors or families to handle.
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The majority of elderly people in assisted-living or residential care facilities are not receiving all of the medications they need for four common conditions, according to new study findings released Monday.
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Patients with serious injuries are put at risk by untested and potentially dangerous treatments, experts say.
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The complex nature of drug names can cause prescription errors and be harmful to patients, academics say.
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Some elderly Americans simply stop taking their prescribed drugs when insurance plans cease paying for them, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.