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In patients with severe obesity, undergoing either laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) resulted in weight loss, according to long-term follow-up of the SLEEVEPASS* trial. However, remission of hypertension was more likely in patients who underwent RYGB compared with LSG.

Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) that contain gestodene confer a fivefold increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in young women as compared with those that contain levonorgestrel and the lowest doses of ethinylestradiol, as shown in a study.

A recent meta-analysis has confirmed the association of a proinflammatory diet with an increased risk of breast cancer, particularly among women who are obese, postmenopausal, and living in developing countries.

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.