WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT • Potentially inappropriate prescribing
(PIP) refers to medications that should generally be avoided in older populations and doses …

Purpose Preclinical studies have demonstrated that antagonism of ß2-adrenergic signaling
inhibits several pathways necessary for breast tumor progression and metastasis. A series of …

Aims Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates have been falling in Sweden since the
1980s. We used the previously validated IMPACT CHD model to examine how much of the …

Objectives To estimate the association between the duration and level of exposure to
different classes of anticholinergic drugs and subsequent incident dementia. Design Case-control …

BACKGROUND. Five years of treatment provides the optimum duration of tamoxifen therapy
for the prevention of breast cancer recurrence and mortality. Durations of adjuvant …

Aims This study aimed to determine the association between potentially inappropriate
prescribing ( PIP ) and health related outcomes [adverse drug events ( ADEs ), health related …

Objectives To examine how much of the observed rapid decrease in mortality from coronary
heart disease in Poland after the political, social, and economic transformation in the early …

The sociology of education is concerned with the study of groups of people within educational
institutions. This book analyzes the sociology of American education from a historical …

Objectives To examine: (1) changes in polypharmacy in 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2012 and; (2)
changes in potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) prevalence and the relationship …

Background: polypharmacy is an important risk factor for falls, but recent studies suggest
only when including medications associated with increasing the risk of falls. Design: a …