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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...