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In a busy urinalysis lab, the process of dealing with urine colours is sometimes made easier when they are compared to varieties of beer, which cover many of the normal and abnormal colours
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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
