Netherlands: A recent article published in the Rheumatology journal has reported long-term clinical outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that was treated to target in the IMPROVED and the BeSt studies. The study that followed participants in two of the first clinical trials to test the strategy revealed that success with “treat-to-target” therapy for early-stage […]
A retrospective cohort study published in Ophthalmology Retina compared the risk of kidney failure among three commonly used anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs in patients with various eye diseases. The study aimed to assess whether there were differences in the relative risk of kidney failure associated with aflibercept (Eylea), ranibizumab (Lucentis), and bevacizumab (Avastin) […]
A recent research compared the safety and efficacy of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) and Intravenous (IV) Tissue Plasminogen Activator (t-PA), the two prominent treatments for acute minor ischemic stroke (AIS). The key findings of this meta-analysis were published in the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases that found DAPT significantly reduced the symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage […]
An increase in sedentary time from childhood is associated with a significant increase in blood insulin concentration, a new study shows. However, light physical activity could reduce the risk of excess insulin and insulin resistance. The study was conducted in collaboration between the Universities of Bristol and Exeter, and the University of Eastern Finland, and […]
SAN DIEGO – Accelerated aging was more common in recent birth cohorts and was associated with increased incidence of early-onset solid tumors, according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, held April 5-10. “Multiple cancer types are becoming increasingly common among younger adults in the United States and […]
S. persica chewing sticks and toothbrush, and standard toothbrush equally reliable in controlling plaque and gingivitis suggests a new study published in the BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. The values of plant-based products have taken on an expanding relevance in dentistry. Salvadora persica chewing stick (miswak) has been practiced for centuries and is recommended by […]
USA: Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by intraoperative anemia-the loss of red blood cells during surgery. The study, published on March 5, in the Journal of the American College of […]
A recent study published in the Radiology journal illuminated the effectiveness of Microwave Ablation (MWA) as a promising treatment alternative for patients with multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). PTC is traditionally managed with surgical resection (SR) which often leads to a loss of thyroid function that raises concern about the quality of life of the […]
South Korea: Preventive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces major adverse cardiac events arising from high-risk vulnerable plaques, compared with optimal medical therapy alone in patients with non-flow-limiting vulnerable coronary plaques, PREVENT trial has shown. “Focal preventive PCI resulted in a large reduction in target vessel failure at two years (0.4% vs 3.4%; HR 0.11) — […]
The first randomised trial to investigate preventive ablation of a potential arrhythmogenic substrate associated with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) in patients at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) reduces the risk of appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy and unplanned hospitalisation in patients with no previously recorded VAs. The late-breaking science is presented at EHRA […]