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For patients undergoing surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancer, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) appears to be a reliable predictor of major cardiovascular complications, as reported in a study.

A low geriatric nutritional risk index score seems to worsen the risk of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in older adults with type 2 diabetes, a recent study has found.

Poor lifestyle appears to increase the risk of incident psoriasis irrespective of genetic risk, suggest the results of a recent study. Additionally, lifestyle factors have a greater relative impact than genetic risk.

Use of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes Risk Test (DRT) cutoff score of 4 as part of an employee wellness screening program to identify individuals at risk for developing the disease adds up to laboratory costs, reports a study.

A high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) may be linked to an increased risk of liver cancer, according to an observational study on postmenopausal women presented at Nutrition 2022.

Urban environmental determinants of vitamin D status, such as air pollution and sun exposure, appear to be important factors in assessing the risk of mortality from COVID-19, reports a recent study.

The risk of developing dementia in older adults appears to be elevated in the presence of atrial fibrillation, with some indication of a risk increase already at age <65 years, according to a study.

Patients with multiple sclerosis can benefit from a 6-week regimen of whole-body vibration, which can improve their fine motor accuracy, functional mobility, and quality of life, reports a recent study.