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In individuals with dementia-related psychosis (DRP) who had a response to the oral 5-HT2A* inverse agonist and antagonist pimavanserin, an atypical antipsychotic agent, the risk of relapse was lower among those who continued the drug vs those who stopped it, the phase III HARMONY trial suggests.

Severe hypoglycaemia is a risk factor for hospitalization and mortality among older patients with diabetes, a study reports. The event may also serve as a marker of future cardiovascular events among those with pre-existing heart disease and obesity.

Higher-risk heart failure (HF) patients who show improvements in peak oxygen consumption (VO2) following cardiac rehabilitation (CR) have lower risks of new-onset atrial arrhythmias, mortality, and hospitalization due to HF exacerbation, a recent study has found.

Diagnostic platforms that omit the conventional nucleic acid extraction step in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab samples help reduce the turnaround time and the overall testing costs, as reported in a study.

Individuals with higher blood pressure (BP) variability are at increased risk of developing probable dementia despite good BP control, according to a post hoc analysis of the SPRINT MIND* trial.

Muscle wasting is a risk factor for death in older patients undergoing colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery, a recent study has found.

Lung ultrasound proves to be a useful tool for screening community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department (ED), with a recent study showing that its use brings down diagnostic uncertainty from 73 percent to 14 percent.