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Patients with non-severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who have worse glycaemic status are more likely to deteriorate clinically, but glycaemic status does not adversely impact neutralizing antibody (NAb) responses, researchers from the University of Hong Kong have shown.

Women with laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis appear to have an elevated risk of early natural menopause (ENM), a recent prospective study has shown.

Dietary patterns with higher glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) appear to elevate the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, according to a study on Chinese adults.

Overweight or obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may gain health benefits from a low free sugar diet, results of a trial have shown. Such diet helps reduce hepatic steatosis and fibrosis, as well as improve glycaemic indices and lower concentrations of biomarkers of inflammation, triglycerides (TG), and total cholesterol (TC) levels.

Vaccines provide the best defense against COVID-19, but they are not without limitations. Acute infections still occur in some, especially those who are older, smokers, obese, or with type 2 diabetes (T2D), as reported in a study.

Patients who have genetically elevated free thyroxine (FT4) levels are at heightened risk of age-related macular degeneration, according to the results of a Mendelian randomization study.