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The prescribing patterns for acne among local primary care physicians appear to deviate from clinical practice guidelines used to achieve optimal outcomes for young people, as shown in a Singapore study.

Use of medicines for COVID-19 during pregnancy is higher in patients with more severe disease, according to a study. In addition, a trend towards increased corticosteroids use has been observed and appears to be consistent with changing guidelines.

Pathological response at cystectomy may improve with maximal resection in patients undergoing transurethral resection for muscle-invasive bladder cancer prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study.

Increased sodium intake is associated with increased coronary and carotid atherosclerosis burden in the general Swedish population, even in normotensive individuals and those without known cardiovascular disease (CVD), the SCAPIS* study finds.

Treatment with low-dose naltrexone does not appear to reduce nociceptive pain among patients with arthritis, as reported in a small pilot study.

An “unfavourable” lifestyle appears to put individuals at increased risk of developing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, especially those with high genetic risk, according to a study.

For individuals with chronic migraine, frequent use of a portable biofeedback-virtual reality device leads to a decreased frequency of acute analgesic drug use and an improvement in depression, as shown in a pilot study.