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An ultrasound (US)-guided intra-articular hip injection of corticosteroid and local anaesthetic, administered with advice and education, results in a rapid and sustained symptom response for individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA), a study has shown.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) predicts mortality, stroke, and heart failure in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), reveals a recent study.

High resting energy expenditure (REE) contributes to an increase in the risk of invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women, as reported in a study.

Among patients who successfully recover from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), nearly half continue to experience persistent symptoms a month after recovery, reports a recent Japan study.

Men who carry the G allele of melatonin receptor 1B gene (MTNR1B) rs10830963 are at lower risk of prostate cancer when exposed to night shift work, according to a study.

Almost 30 percent of patients who experience a cryptogenic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) go on to develop atrial fibrillation (AF), most of them asymptomatic, according to results of the NOR-FIB* study presented at EHRA 2022.

Very early invasive coronary angiography does not seem to decrease the risk of serious bleedings in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS), reports a recent secondary analysis of the VERDICT trial.