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Treatment with leuprolide acetate every 6 months does not elicit significant changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among prostate cancer (PC) patients despite substantial deterioration of body and role functions, a recent study has found.

Intravenous dosing regimens of vedolizumab appear to favourably alter outcomes in patients with fistulizing Crohn’s disease, according to data from the phase IV ENTERPRISE trial.

Collagen proportionate area (CPA) is a good predictor of long-term mortality in alcoholic hepatitis (AH) patients regardless of their abstinence from alcohol, a recent study has found. However, CPA seems to have no clear interaction with short-term mortality.

A large international database study has shown that children and adolescents with cancer have an elevated risk of severe or critical disease if infected with COVID-19. Furthermore, about half the patients receiving cancer therapy experienced modifications to their treatment regimens. 

Latent tuberculosis (TB) infection screening in Singapore, a nation with intermediate TB burden, appears to be below average among individuals who are HIV-positive, a study has revealed.

Paediatric patients with COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) may develop acute abdomen, with or without appendicitis, a study in Latin America has found.

Varenicline alone is an adequate therapy for smoking cessation in heavy-drinking smokers, but combining it with naltrexone may provide benefits in terms of drinking outcomes, particularly during the 12-week period of active medication treatment, suggests a study.

Long-term exposure to night shift work is associated with risks of atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary heart disease (CHD), a study suggests.