Background Non-optimal medication use among older adults is a public health concern. A
concrete picture of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is imperative to ensure …

Objectives: To validate and compare performance of an International Classification of Diseases,
tenth revision (ICD-10) version of a combined comorbidity index merging conditions of …

Background While there is evidence that supervised withdrawal of inappropriate medications
might be beneficial for individuals with polypharmacy, little is known about their attitudes …

Background & aims Multimorbidity is a common health status. The impact of nutrition on the
development of multimorbidity remains to be determined. The aim of this study is to …

The effects of gender, time variables, menstrual cycle phases, plasma sex hormone concentrations
and physiologic urinary pH on CYP2D6 phenotyping were studied using two widely …

Background Polypharmacy is common among older adults and it represents a public health
concern, due to the negative health impacts potentially associated with the use of several …

Objective To verify the efficacy of school-based interventions aimed at reducing sugar-sweetened
beverage (SSB) consumption among adolescents in order to develop or improve …

There are numerous definitions of polypharmacy to describe the use of many medications
among older adults, but there is a need to clarify if they are purposive and meaningful. By …

Background: The use of benzodiazepines in relation to cognitive decline remains an area of
controversy in aging populations. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the risk of cognitive …

… Caroline Sirois and Bernard Candas, conceptualized and designed the study, provided …
Funding: Caroline Sirois is the recipient of a Junior 1 research award from the Fonds de …