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The recombinant antitumour/antiviral protein novaferon is used to treat hepatitis B virus in China, but a group of investigators finds a signal that it can do something else: induce viral clearance in COVID-19 patients.
The risk of obesity-related cancer with gliclazide is comparable to that seen with other sulfonylureas, a study has found.
Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) may be associated with a reduced risk of dementia, according to a systematic review and network meta-analysis conducted by researchers from the Netherlands.
Wearing compression garments daily significantly reduces the rates of recurrent cellulitis than conservative treatment in patients with chronic leg oedema and cellulitis, a study has shown.
Use of metformin leads to improved oncological outcomes in diabetic patients with nonmuscke invasive bladder cancer treated with intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), according to a Singapore study.
Use of the antipsychotic drug pimavanserin led to a substantial reduction in psychosis symptoms in individuals with dementia regardless of severity or subtype, according to the results of the HARMONY trial presented at AAIC 2020.
The use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) confers no risk increase for contracting SARS-CoV-2 infection, although PPI users with COVID-19 are likely to have severe outcomes, a study has found.
Steroid-sparing therapy (SST) more than halved the risk of perianal fistulizing complications (PFC)* among young patients with Crohn’s disease, according to a recent study.
A new blood test for plasma P-tau217* accurately differentiates Alzheimer's disease (AD) from other neurodegenerative diseases — showing promise as a blood-based biomarker for early detection of AD, according to a study presented at the AAIC 2020 Meeting.
A dolutegravir-based regimen continued to show noninferiority to a low-dose efavirenz-based regimen after 96 weeks for the initial treatment of HIV-1 infection, according to the updated results of the NAMSAL* trial presented at AIDS 2020.
