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Shortened relative leucocyte telomere length (rLTL) is associated with development of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and rapid decline of kidney function in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to a 14-year study involving more than 4,000 individuals.

In fatal cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), cardiac inflammation, cardiomyocyte injury, and microvascular thrombogenicity are substantially lower in the second vs first wave of infections, a new study has found.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients frequently develop physical frailty, which provides prognostic information, a study has found.

Childhood respiratory disease, maltreatment, maternal smoking, and low birth weight are all associated with an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood, a study has found.

A novel algorithm using post-treatment age, albumin, and liver stiffness measurement (LSM), among other parameters, can accurately stratify patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD) according to their de novo hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk, a new study shows.