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Heart diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), concomitant cancers, and other co-occurring diseases elevate the risk of death in patients with nonmuscular invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), nonmetastatic muscle invasive bladder cancer (non-MMIBC), and metastatic bladder cancer (MBC), according to a recent study.

Vitamin D deficiency is common in modern society, particularly among older people who are homebound. Vitamin D supplements in older people may have a role in preventing serious complications of COVID-19, according to data presented at AIM 2022.

Children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are at an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, a study reports. Other risk factors for T2D include severity of liver histology, body mass index, and female sex.

The presence of acute kidney injury (AKI) during stroke appears to contribute to increased mortality, with AKI tending to progress to chronic kidney disease (CKD) even without the need for renal replacement therapy, a study has found.

In chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients treated with pegylated interferon alpha (peg-IFN-α)-based interventions, lower levels of the HB core-related antigen (HBcrAg) and higher levels of the HB surface antibody (HbsAb) are associated with durable functional cure, a recent study has found,

Supplementation with lutein/zeaxanthin instead of beta carotene is safe and does not contribute to an increase in lung cancer risk while having a potential beneficial effect on the risk of progression to late age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) study.

Children who grow in height fast appears to have a higher risk of islet autoimmunity (IAA) and rapid progression to type 1 diabetes (T1D), a study has found.