Older adults taking 5 or more prescription drugs face higher risk of death, study finds
A study found that adults 65 and older who take five or more prescription medicines each day have a higher chance of dying. Researchers looked at data from nearly 8,000 older adults collected between 1999 and 2016. The study was led by Dr. Alexander Chaitoff from the University of Michigan and published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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