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Self-management of diabetes through smartphone heath app engagement appears to bring positive changes in disease outcomes such as weight and blood sugar, according to data from the Diabetes Lifestyle Intervention using Technology Empowerment (D’LITE) study.

Mothers who regularly eat ultra-processed foods during the child-rearing period appear to increase the risk of overweight or obesity in their children, irrespective of maternal and offspring lifestyle risk factors, a study has shown.

In the long-term follow-up of the KEYNOTE-604 study, the combination regimen comprising pembrolizumab and etoposide/platinum (EP*) continued to demonstrate survival benefit as first-line therapy for patients with previously untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).

Vaccination against COVID-19 seems to be less effective among kidney transplant recipients, according to a recent study. Cessation or reduction of immunosuppressive treatments may help increase the production of immunoglobulin (Ig)G in these patients.

The risk of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) appears to be aggravated among women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), reports a recent study.

CHK1 inhibition with prexasertib appears to have durable activity in some patients with recurrent ovarian cancer regardless of clinical characteristics, BRCA status, or prior therapies, according to the results of a phase II trial.

There appears to only be a very weak to no significant correlation between hypertension and cognitive function in late life, reports a recent study.