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The overall rate of antipsychotic drug prescriptions to patients with dementia increased markedly during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and did not return to prepandemic levels when the acute phase was over, a multinational network cohort study has shown.

Tumour response-speed heterogeneity to first-line chemotherapy is predictive of early disease progression and shorter survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, reveals a study.

In men with localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy and treated with 5α-reductase inhibitor (5-ARI), preoperative levels of circulating 11-oxygenated androgens can indicate either disease progression or improved survival, a recent study has found.

The addition of somatostatin to rectal indomethacin is safe and effective in the prevention of postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (post-ERCP) hypermylasemia and pancreatitis (PEP) in high-risk patients, reports a study.

A study from Israel validated the safety of the fourth BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (ie, second booster) using data from a retrospective and a prospective cohort.

Children with autism spectrum disorders are at increased risk of diabetes, dyslipidaaemia, and heart disease, according to a study.