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Use of oral glucocorticoid is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), even at low doses of <5 mg prednisone-equivalent daily in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, a large study reveals.
Patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia are more likely to experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) compared with the general population, with a recent study pointing to cardiac disease, cardiovascular risk factors, and antipsychotic use as important underlying mechanisms.
Watching scary movies or reading horror stories makes an individual more resilient psychologically during the pandemic, allowing them to practice effective coping strategies, a study has found.
The risk of ischaemic stroke or systemic embolism is comparable between atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with and without previous venous thromboembolism (VTE), a study has found. However, AF patients with previous VTE remain vulnerable due to an excess risk for future VTE.
On-label use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors seems to worsen the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), a new study has found.
Less than half of nursing home staff are willing to immediately take the vaccine for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and a few more are open to getting shots in the future, a recent study has found.
Obesity, particularly central obesity, seems to correlate with a more aggressive breast cancer phenotype, a recent study has found. The impact of breast volume, on the other hand, is less clear.
Orgasmic and erectile dysfunction appear to be relatively more prevalent among men with type 1 diabetes, reports a recent study.
Air samples of hospitals show frequent contamination with SARS-CoV-2 RNA, including toilets, staff areas, and the public hallways, a systematic review has found — suggesting that these areas deserve careful consideration for prevention of COVID-19 transmission.
Obeticholic acid is beneficial to primary biliary cholangitis patients with suboptimal response to ursodeoxycholic acid, significantly improving prognostic score with good tolerability, according to the results of an open-label study.
