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The risk of all-cause mortality appears to be elevated in adults with or at high risk for knee osteoarthritis (OR) who have difficulty climbing stairs or who seldom use the stairs.

A recent study has identified six common metabolic profiles among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). In addition, severe hyperglycaemia and moderate dyslipidemia are associated with an increased risk of diabetic kidney disease (DKD).

Ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) before placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is associated with a reduced risk of appropriate ICD therapy or ventricular arrhythmia (VA)-related hospitalization in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) and chronic total occlusion of an infarct-related artery (IRA-CTO), findings from the PREVENTIVE VT trial have shown.

Short-term supplementation with a selective essential amino acid (EAA)-containing product significantly improved liver-related outcomes among adolescent girls with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in a recent study.

The patient was a 70-year-old female who presented with a large, fungating left breast mass in September 2022. Although first symptoms were noticed approximately a year earlier, the patient did not seek consultation sooner for fear of cancer diagnosis. Upon examination, the mass occupied the entire left breast. The patient also suffered from shortness of breath and left breast pain. These symptoms worsened, resulting in hospitalization. 

Switching from FOLFIRI plus cetuximab to FOLFIRI plus bevacizumab leads to acceptable survival outcomes and a reduction in severe dermatological toxicities in patients with RAS wild-type (RASwt) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), according to the results of a single-arm phase II HYBRID trial.