The worry of gaining weight is a common excuse for smokers not to quit. A new study published today in the scientific journal Addiction has found that both starting smoking and lifetime smoking may increase abdominal fat, especially visceral fat: the unhealthy fat deep inside the abdomen that is linked to a higher risk of […]
Morphological characteristics of vestibular aqueduct associated with the occurrence of Meniere disease suggest a study published in the Largnygoscope. A study was done to investigate the relationship between vestibular aqueduct (VA) morphology and Meniere’s disease (MD) using ultrahigh-resolution computed tomography (U-HRCT). Retrospective data were collected from 34 patients (40 ears) diagnosed with MD in our […]
USA: A recent comparison of changes in lipoprotein(a) mass and molar concentrations found that each essay method is similarly predictive of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) reductions with alirocumab (ALI). The study stated, “With caveats of a modest number of MACE for analysis, moderately elevated Lp(a) levels, and intra-patient variability in serial values, three Lp(a) […]
China: The addition of low-dose benzbromarone (25 mg/day) to low-dose (20 mg/day) febuxostat showed superior urate lowering versus febuxostat monotherapy in gout with a combined-type hyperuricemia, a recent study in Arthritis Care & Research has shown. “For selected patients, expedited achievement of the serum urate (SU) target in more than 75% of patients using one […]
China: A cohort study of 16 603 patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) who underwent vibration–controlled transient elastography (VCTE) examination showed VCTE-based scores to be accurate for predicting liver-related events. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggest VCTE-based scores are a suitable alternative to liver biopsy in […]
A recent retrospective study revealed concerning findings regarding the susceptibility of people with epilepsy (PWE) to severe COVID-19. The key findings of the study were published in the journal of Epilepsia. This study by Huw Strafford and team spanned from March 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 and the analysis involved linked electronic health records […]
Italy: Compared with conventional treatment, liraglutide use over six months was associated with increased peripheral in patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease (PAD), suggesting that it may prevent PAD’s clinical progression, a recent study has shown. “The open-label randomized clinical trial (STARDUST) of 55 patients with T2D and PAD showed that liraglutide […]
Treating anxiety and depression reduced emergency room visits and rehospitalizations among people with heart disease, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. “For patients who had been hospitalized for coronary artery disease or heart failure and who had diagnoses […]
Add on clarithromycin to the standard of care may attenuate the inflammatory burden of community-acquired pneumonia suggests a new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. The addition of macrolide antibiotics to β-lactam antibiotics for the treatment of patients in hospitals with community-acquired pneumonia is based on results from observational studies and meta-analyses rather than […]
Gestational exposure to systemic glucocorticoids linked to incident kidney disease in childhood suggests a study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. The potential effects of antenatal glucocorticoid exposure on children’s health are unclear. We examined the association between gestational exposure to maternal systemic glucocorticoids (SG) and the risk of developing chronic kidney disease […]