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Crucial gaps remain between the perspectives of patients living with type 2 diabetes and healthcare providers, a recent study has found.

Hair and nail disorders may occur following contraction of COVID-19 infection, with the development of the dermatological conditions related to a history of severe infection, a study has found.

Treatment with vedolizumab or ustekinumab leads to reduced rates of infection-related hospitalization compared with antitumour necrosis factor-α antagonists (anti-TNF) among adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) initiating biologic therapy and with high comorbidity burden, reports a recent study.

The use of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen, as opposed to standard oxygen, in the first-line setting, did not reduce mortality rates in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) for respiratory failure due to COVID-19, results of the SOHO-COVID trial showed.

Multiagent chemotherapy (MAC) followed by conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (CRT) shows rates of margin-negative resection (R0) and pathologic complete response similar to those of MAC plus stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), according to a study. However, MAC plus CRT is associated with less regional lymphatic disease.

Among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), eradication treatment against Helicobacter pylori may help improve liver steatosis and metabolic parameters, a recent study has found.

Use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) appears to increase the risk of developing gastrointestinal malignancies such as gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, and liver cancer, a study has shown.