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In the treatment of patients with acne vulgaris, the investigational peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) modulator N-acetyl-GED-0507-34-LEVO (NAC-GED) 5% gel appears to help clear lesions and improve acne severity while being safe, according to the results of a phase IIb study.

A treatment combination comprising the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib plus bendamustine and rituximab, followed by rituximab maintenance therapy, improved progression-free survival (PFS) in older patients with untreated mantle-cell lymphoma, according to results of the SHINE* trial presented at ASCO 2022.

High concentrations of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) at hospital admission appears to increase the risk of COVID-19 progression to severe disease, a recent study has found.

Children with overweight or obesity risk developing future type 2 diabetes (T2D) by threefold in the presence of persistent elevations in alanine aminotransferases (ALT), according to a study presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN 2022).

Being optimistic appears to reduce the risk of all-cause mortality and of cardiovascular disease (CVD), claims a recent study.