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Having high cholesterol during pregnancy is associated with more serious acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in offspring in later life, suggests a retrospective study.

People who need to check their blood pressure (BP) regularly to confirm if they have hypertension prefer BP monitoring done at home rather than at a clinic, kiosk, or through a 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), suggest findings from the Blood Pressure Checks for Diagnosing Hypertension (BP-CHECK) trial presented at Hypertension 2021.

The intraoperative administration of dexamethasone in patients with non-immunogenic cancers may have survival benefits, according to a retrospective cohort study from the US presented at Anesthesiology 2021.

Vaccination with the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine does not affect the rates of fertility, miscarriage, and other birth outcomes in women vaccinated before pregnancy, according to data from four ongoing clinical trials — adding to the body of evidence on the safety of COVID-19 vaccine in these women.

Administering a single dose of the serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) duloxetine prior to a major abdominal cancer surgery leads to lower postoperative pain, reduced opioid requirement, and better quality of recovery, according to a study.

The combination of bamlanivimab and etesevimab reduces the risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization and any-cause death in high-risk ambulatory patients, particularly those with diabetes, according to the BLAZE-1* study presented at EASD 2021.

Having functional iron deficiency (FID) in mid-life puts one at higher risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) and death in later life, according to a large cohort study — indicating that these adverse events could have been avoided by preventing iron deficiency.