Research tracking polypharmacy—people regularly taking five or more medications—found an increase in multiple medicine use ...

Older adults discharged from hospitals on multiple medications are less likely to regain independence during rehabilitation, a new study suggests. The Japanese study, published in the journal BMC ...

Around 1 in 5 adults between the ages of 40 and 79 is taking five or more prescription drugs, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the older patients are, the ...

Dear Carol: I’ve read your articles about drugs that are bad for older brains. My dad takes a long list of drugs for heart issues, blood pressure, and arthritis, plus a chronic skin problem. He and I ...

Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Key Takeaways MS medications can help slow the disease and manage symptoms.

Primary care physicians (PCPs) frequently initiated multiple medications simultaneously, with rates varying between 14.0% and 27.2% across institutions. Analysis showed that only 0.6% of the most ...

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- More than half of all Americans take, on average, four prescription medications. With that many different pills, it's easy and dangerous to miss taking one of your medications.

Some boomers are on multiple medications. Combinations of those drugs could have serious side effects. Getty Images / Sporrer/Rupp Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – ...

Even women with more severe MS cases are less likely than men to get critical treatments, a new study finds. Women under age 40 with multiple sclerosis are 8 percent less likely than men to receive ...

Older adults discharged from hospitals on multiple medications are less likely to regain independence during rehabilitation, a new study suggests. The Japanese study, published in the journal BMC ...