The American Heart Association issued a scientific statement on deprescribing for patients with cardiovascular disease and polypharmacy.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced plans to begin significantly reducing the most-used class of ...

In a private meeting, HHS officials met with mental health professionals to work on guidance for stopping SSRIs.

At a May MAHA Institute summit organized around the theme of “overmedicalization,” the health secretary announced an action ...

Kennedy has previously criticized psychiatric medications.

Antihypertensive medication deprescribing may benefit elderly individuals living in long-term care facilities by limiting the risk of cognitive decline, according to data from the Veterans Health ...

ST. LOUIS, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new research study from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine provides real-world evidence that deprescribing glucose‑lowering medications is both ...

A new expert consensus statement from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology offered clinical guidance on when and whether to discontinue psychiatric medications. The statement, developed ...

Anticholinergics, a class of drugs frequently prescribed for depression, urinary incontinence and many other conditions common in older adults, affect the brain by blocking acetylcholine, a nervous ...

What if the real healthcare gap is what happens after treatment starts?

The term ‘deprescribing” was first used almost two decades ago, in 2003, but more time elapsed before suggested guidelines for this practice were published. This term refers to the withdrawal, ...