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Using C-reactive protein (CRP) levels as indicators for early treatment with tocilizumab and dexamethasone can help reduce mortality in hospitalized patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a recent study has found.

Patients who have been hospitalized for acute kidney injury (AKI) are at heightened risk of dementia, as reported in a study.

Daily use of aspirin reduces the risk of incident hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), while the combination of daily aspirin use and statin results in a lower incidence of HCC, which suggests a beneficial interaction, according to a study. In addition, no excess oesophageal variceal haemorrhage (VH) is seen among daily aspirin users compared with nonusers.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients treated with remdesivir appear to be at a higher likelihood of having elevated pancreatic enzyme levels, a recent Japan study has found.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused the postponement of several sexual and reproductive health surgeries, which in turn leads to severe restrictions in the patients’ private lives and aggravates their worries about their disease, a recent study has found.