At the same time, incidence of distant-stage prostate cancer increased. (HealthDay News) — Distant-stage prostate cancer increased and mortality rates plateaued throughout California during the ...

Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, particularly those who were also receiving noninvasive ventilation or invasive mechanical ventilation, dexamethasone was associated with reduced mortality.

Elevated LDL cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides linked to reduced risk for glaucoma. (HealthDay News) — Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is associated with an ...

As baseline levels of IL-6 prior to hemodialysis AVF creation increase, so does the risk for AVF failure. Elevated levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) prior to surgery to create an arteriovenous ...

Among patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, those treated with platinum-based agents, taxanes had highest prevalence. (HealthDay News) — The pooled prevalence of chronic ...

Deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy is associated with better survival compared with upfront surgery, including among fit patients receiving immunotherapy. Deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN ...

SGLT-2 inhibitors, compared with DPP-4 inhibitors, were associated with a lower risk for liver cirrhosis among patients with type 2 diabetes. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients with compensated metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)-related cirrhosis and obesity, metabolic surgery is associated with a lower risk for ...

Improvement in urinary symptoms with better preservation of ejaculatory function seen with double-n technology. (HealthDay News) — For men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), transurethral ...

Credit: Thinkstock Investigators explored the potential of a noninvasive ctDNA assay as a predictive biomarker for advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer. Increases in circulating tumor DNA ...

50% of patients with CIN3 had histopathological complete response; 63% had HPV16 clearance. (HealthDay News) — For patients with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 (HPV16)-positive cervical ...