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Telehealth strategies do not seem to ease the mental health burden in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, reports a recent Brazil study.

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) loses diagnostic accuracy for myocardial infarction (MI) in patients who had undergone prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), though it remains highly sensitive and specific, a new study has found.

Development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is more likely to occur among patients with thyroid cancer who underwent thyroidectomy than matched controls, a Korea study has shown. In addition, a U-shaped dose-dependent relationship exists between the levothyroxine dosage and T2D risk.

A single-institution study does not recommend the prescription of systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) as this might result in an increased incidence of adverse effects and readmissions.

A real-world propensity score-matched study in Hong Kong finds that, compared with use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients is associated with lower risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF), stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA), and cardiovascular (CV) and all-cause mortality.

A cross-sectional study by the German Migraine and Headache Society reports a lower use of analgesics among physically active women prone to headaches vs physically inactive counterparts.