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Cardiovascular medications, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs)/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARBs) and anticoagulants, do not induce poor clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 and thus should not be discontinued, suggest the results of a meta-analysis.

Treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), a drug class mainly used for the management of type 2 diabetes, significantly reduces serum uric acid (SUA) concentration, a recent study has shown.

Adherence to disease-modifying therapies (DMT) in multiple sclerosis (MS) is dependent not only on the properties of the medications themselves, but also on the capacities of the patient, a recent study has found.

In pregnant women with a history of venous thromboembolism (VTE), receipt of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) at either a weight-adjusted intermediate-dose or fixed low-dose during the antepartum and postpartum periods results in similar VTE incidence, according to findings of the Highlow study. However, there was a numerically lower incidence of VTE during the postpartum period with intermediate-dose LMWH.

Men with moderate erectile dysfunction (ED) may benefit from having 12 sessions of low-intensity shock wave therapy (SWT) twice weekly for 6 weeks, with a treatment protocol of 5,000 impulses, 0.0096 mJ/mm2 energy flux density, and 5-Hz frequency, suggests a study.