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Older age, lower skin phototype classifications, and a personal history of skin cancer may influence the severity of actinic keratosis (AK), while the use of calcium channel blockers (CCBs) is linked to more severe AK, as reported in a study.

Podcast: Professor Flor Munoz discusses the importance of vaccination for pregnant women and children against COVID-19 at IDWeek 2023

Podcast: Professor Gregory Poland discusses updates on the development of RSV vaccines at IDWeek 2023

Once weekly treatment with the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) semaglutide significantly reduced HbA_1c level and body weight in a large cohort of adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a real-world study from Israel.

Use of an oral herbal supplement appears to be more favourable than oestrogen plus progestogen therapy in terms of reducing global, physical, and psychosocial menopausal symptoms in the short term, according to a phase II study.

Local transdermal therapy with 4-hydroxytamoxifen appears to be less effective than full-dose oral tamoxifen in terms of suppressing proliferation in ductal carcinoma in situ lesions for breast cancer prevention, according to a phase II study.