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Patients who are on long-term statin therapy may have a reduced risk of severe COVID-19–related outcomes including mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and requirement for mechanical ventilation, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2022.

A third-dose administration of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine results in a more substantial decrease in COVID-19 in patients with cirrhosis compared with the general population, according to a study. This suggests that the third dose can overcome vaccine hyporesponsiveness in this population.

Treatment with dulaglutide is both effective and safe in Asians with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a recent meta-analysis has found.

Coinfection of tuberculosis (TB) among people with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) aggravates the risk of death, a recent study has found.

Foetal growth deceleration and high foetoplacental vascular resistance both contribute to an increased risk of prehypertension and hypertension in children, a study has found.

A 23-year longitudinal follow-up in a population-based cohort has shown a slowly progressive trend in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with liver-related outcomes affecting only a small number of people, reports a recent study.