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Dietary intake of the common food additive nitrates and nitrites, trans fatty acids, and artificial sweeteners was associated with an increased risk of multiple cancers, according to data from the large NutriNet-Santé cohort presented at SABCS 2021.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 01-15 December 2021 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Antibiotic prophylaxis does not impact the incidence of urinary tract infections after trans-perineal prostate biopsy, a new study has found.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening was associated with similar decrease in incidence of advanced prostate cancer (PCa) among statin users vs nonusers, but less detection of low-grade localized tumours in the former than the latter — indicating that statin does not compromise the benefits of PSA-based screening while also conferring the benefit of less overdiagnosis of low-risk tumours.