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Bottles of multivitamins are a common sight on New Zealand pharmacy shelves. But what is the clinical evidence backing up their use? Each month, complementary medicine expert Shaun Holt takes a look at the science in his A to Z of Vitamins series.
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In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
