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Income and several clinical factors are associated with placement and retrieval of inferior vena cava filter for patients with cancer-related thrombosis, a study has found. In addition, filter retrieval rates remain low despite reinitiation of anticoagulation in many patients.

In diabetic foot screening (DFS), both absolute systolic toe pressure (ASTP) and toe-brachial index (TBI) can detect ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI)-determined peripheral arterial disease (PAD), results of a Singapore study have shown. The optimal threshold values derived from a multiethnic Asian diabetic population are <0.7 for TBI and <95.5 mm Hg for ASTP.

Women who consume foods with greater inflammation potential in high amounts are more likely to have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a study has found.

Treatment with remdesivir in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 does not appear to confer increased risks of acute kidney and liver injury, with a recent study showing that these risks are already elevated even before exposure to treatment and there is no further increase following remdesivir initiation.

Group cognitive behavioural therapy (GCBT) with interoceptive exposure (IE) is not only safe and effective but also an efficient treatment option for individuals with drug-refractory irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a Japan study.

Adult men with prostate cancer who have increasing exposure to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) are at greater risk of dementia, according to a US study.