This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Pondering what could be behind that sneeze
Sunday 1 November 2020, 01:15 AM
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging overseas, sneezes are not going unnoticed. GP Jo Scott-Jones reviews the facts about sneezing, including how we sneeze and the many things that might make us sneeze in the first place
Sneezing is common. Notably, Peter Fletcher documented each of 5132 sneezes he had between 12 July 2007 and 1 June 2018 (sneezecount.joyfeed.com). He , Keypoints - Sneezing
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- Family Practice Notebook. Upper Respiratory Infection. www.fpnotebook.com