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Infants born to mothers with prepregnancy obesity are at risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), with the risk increase commensurate with maternal BMI, according to a large US nationwide cohort study.

The antilipidemic drug fenofibrate averts or delays diabetic retinopathy (DR) in diabetes patients with early retinal changes in the LENS trial, potentially paving the way for the least invasive route of drug delivery in this population.

In a prespecified secondary analysis of the SELECT trial, long-term treatment with semaglutide allows more patients with prediabetes to regress to normoglycaemia while reducing progression to diabetes in some patients. However, semaglutide does not slow glycaemic progression over time.

Older adults with diabetes and hypertension who regularly take their medications tend to have fewer hospitalizations or visits to the emergency room (ER), reports a study.

Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing 14 modifiable risk factors starting from childhood, including two new risk factors – high LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) level and untreated vision loss – according to a report of the 2024 Lancet Commission on dementia.