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Medication safety

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A syringe and four glass ampoules arranged on a black surface

One osteoporosis drug came with 17% less new osteoarthritis than the standard alternative

Aug 31, 2026

Electrode leads and clips laid across a printed heart rhythm trace

Pushing potassium to the top of the normal range cut atrial fibrillation events by a third in a trial

Aug 31, 2026

Hands typing a message on a phone showing a thread of chat bubbles

Digital nudges lifted statin refills from 12% to 14%, and a second nudge worked as well as the first

Aug 31, 2026

A close-up of an older person's weathered hands clasped together

Getting the steroid as an injection rather than a tablet halved the odds of still taking it a year later

Aug 31, 2026