Aysha Mendes

Freelance journalist specialising in healthcare, psychology and nursing

Statins and barriers to their use in the community

In a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, Cai et al (2021) aimed to assess the associations between statins and adverse events in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease,...

Psychedelics could be used as a possible pharmacological treatment and as part of a programme to facilitate healthy lifestyle changes

Novel use of psychedelics for heart disease and mental health

Patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia and those who have dyslipidaemia are known to be at a higher risk of cardiovascular events

Cholesterol and a potentially ‘game-changing’ drug approval

‘Inclisiran represents a potential game-changer in preventing thousands of people from dying prematurely from heart attacks and strokes.

On assessment, a commonly found contributing factor to the patient's deteriorating level of function may be inappropriately prescribed medication or mismanagement of medications.

Optimising treatment in older people with multiple conditions

St John's wort is a herbal remedy that has been used for hundreds of years to treat mental health problems, including depression, and it is bought over the counter in the UK

An example of herbal drug interactions in the community

Statins to reduce cholesterol and cardiovascular disease in the community

With delayed antimicrobial prescribing, patients can also contribute to reducing the burden of antimicrobial resistance

Examining the use of delayed antimicrobial prescribing

Falls prevention in the community: does deprescribing FRIDs work?

Lee et al (2021) used well-known databases, and inclusion criteria included RCTs of FRID withdrawal compared with usual care evaluating the rate of falls, incidence of falls, fall-related injuries,...

Social prescribing in the community

Managing postoperative pain and risk in opioid use

Quinlan et al (2019) from the Royal College of Physicians published a review noting that prescribed opioid misuse in North America is a public health crisis having huge social, medical and economic...

Corticosteroids, mortality and mechanical ventilation in COVID-19

Tackling inequitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine

Status of vaccine development for COVID-19

The first vaccine in the world that was deemed to be effective in preventing COVID-19 was developed by Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech, showing a >90% protection rate. It was tested on...

A look at the potential uses of oxygen-ozone therapy

Despite O3 therapy having been around for more than 150 years, more than a century of study and evidence of its benefits, opinions are still divided over its use (Juchniewicz and Lubkowska, 2020). The...

Space and earth: how gravity affects treatment development

Being in space not only affects the ability of humans to adjust to sitting or standing in gravity when they return, but it also affects their bone density, muscle mass and stress hormone levels, as...

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