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There appears to be no evidence that atopic dermatitis or treatment with Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors carries an increased risk of venous thromboembolism, according to a study.

In patients with severe obesity, undergoing either laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) resulted in weight loss, according to long-term follow-up of the SLEEVEPASS* trial. However, remission of hypertension was more likely in patients who underwent RYGB compared with LSG.

Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) that contain gestodene confer a fivefold increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in young women as compared with those that contain levonorgestrel and the lowest doses of ethinylestradiol, as shown in a study.

Paediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with both daytime and nocturnal hypertension are at high risk of progressing to kidney replacement therapy, according to a study.

In middle-aged adults, gradual weight loss not accompanied by appropriate levels of physical activity may worsen the risk of cardiovascular disease, a recent Korea study has found.

Among the biochemical indices of obesity, cholesterol, creatinine, and platelet count appear to correlate with myocardial infarction or angina pectoris in both men and women, reports a recent study. Other indicators, including anthropometric measures, varied between sexes.

Treatment with remote ischaemic conditioning in adults with acute moderate ischaemic stroke appears to increase the chances of achieving excellent neurologic function at 90 days as compared with usual care, as shown in the results of an open-label, blinded-endpoint, randomized clinical trial.