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Outpatient oritavancin therapy for patients with acute uncomplicated cellulitis results in a decrease in 30-day hospital readmissions or admissions when compared with inpatient standard of care (SoC), a recent study has shown.

The phase III STELLAR trial lives up to its name, delivering stellar results and offering hope for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare, progressive, life-threatening disorder affecting the heart and lungs, by adding sotatercept – a novel first-in-class activin signalling inhibitor – to background therapy.

Older adults with long-term residential ambient exposure to air pollutants have an increased likelihood of being diagnosed with depression, according to a study.

For women with cervical cancer who are undergoing radical hysterectomy, preoperative tobacco use and prolonged catheterization appear to contribute to an increased risk of developing postoperative catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs), as reported in a study.

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA), initiation of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor treatment does not carry a higher short-term risk of cancer, with the exception of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), as compared with initiation of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) including tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, according to a study.

The incidence of psoriasis may be decreased by maintaining a normal weight and by putting a stop to the use of tobacco and cigarettes, a recent study has shown. In addition, addressing the inequality in education may help lower the cases of this condition.

Among people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), those who are lean appear to be at higher risk of death than their overweight and obese counterparts despite having fewer metabolic comorbidities, a study has shown.