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In the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19, adding the combination of pembrolizumab plus tocilizumab to standard of care (SOC) appears to result in higher and faster discharge from the hospital without sequelae, as shown in the proof-of-concept phase II COPERNICO trial.

Paediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with both daytime and nocturnal hypertension are at high risk of progressing to kidney replacement therapy, according to a study.

Long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIAs) for schizophrenia are associated with lower risks of disease relapse, hospitalizations, and suicide attempts vs oral antipsychotics (OAs), without an increased risk of adverse events (AEs), according to a 16-year population-based self-controlled case series (SCCS) study by the University of Hong Kong.

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) taking sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) are less likely to be prescribed antigout or antihyperuricaemic drugs, a recent study has found.

Patients with mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis (UC) can achieve deep remission with multidonor faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and anti-inflammatory diet, according to an open-label trial. Furthermore, remission can be sustained with anti-inflammatory diet over 1 year.

In patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with chronic kidney disease (CKD), once-weekly dosage with dulaglutide achieves adequate glycaemic control along with a reduced decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), reports a recent study.

Adding a high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) test to cytology may enhance detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in primary cervical cancer screening, with the Cobas 4800 and Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) tests showing comparable clinical performance in high-risk HPV detection in Chinese women, according to a large study by the University of Hong Kong.

Patients with epilepsy more commonly have minor physical anomalies (MPA), suggesting a neurodevelopmental dimension to epilepsy, a recent study has found.