A study of US nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation, published Oct. 1, 2026, in JAMA Network Open, found that stopping blood thinners on entry was not linked to more strokes or fewer bleeds, but was linked to higher mortality.
In a cohort study published Oct. 27, 2026, in Diabetes Care, people 75 and older with type 2 diabetes who started an SGLT2 inhibitor had lower risks of acute kidney injury and hospitalization than those who started a DPP-4 inhibitor,…
In a study of more than two million older adults in Ontario, Canada, 24 potentially inappropriate prescribing cascades, where a side effect of one drug is treated with another, met all priority criteria. Iron supplements followed by laxatives was the…