Medscape UK

• COPD but Not Asthma Associated with Worse COVID-19 Outcomes Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but not asthma, was significantly associated with COVID-19-related hospital admission, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and mortality.
  Medscape UK, August 04, 2021
• Dietary Fat Intake and Risk of Disabling Hearing Impairment Higher consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) was associated with a lower risk of disabling hearing impairment in women, but not in men.
  Medscape UK, August 03, 2021
• Does Long-standing Depression/Anxiety Influence the Association Between Caesarean and Postnatal Psychological Distress? Women with long-standing depression/anxiety who underwent elective caesarean had a lower risk of postnatal psychological distress (PPD).
  Medscape UK, August 02, 2021
• CMV Seropositivity and CVD Risk: Is There a Link? Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) seropositivity was not associated with an increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke.
  Medscape UK, July 30, 2021
• Sarcopenia and the Risk of Incident Osteoporosis Men with pre-sarcopenia and women with sarcopenia have an increased risk of developing osteoporosis.
  Medscape UK, July 29, 2021
• Athletes Have an Increased Risk of Developing Atrial Fibrillation A meta-analysis found a significantly greater risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) in athletes compared with non-athletes.
  Medscape UK, July 28, 2021
• Tips to Cope With the Challenge of Changeover Day Medscape UK asked two health professionals what advice they'd give to make Changeover Day run as smoothly as possible.
  Medscape UK, July 28, 2021
• Frailty in OA and RA Patients and the Effect of Comorbidities Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were more likely to have or develop prevalent and incident frailty.
  Medscape UK, July 27, 2021
• Ivermectin Beneficial in Improving COVID-19 Outcomes, Suggests Meta-analysis A meta-analysis showed a 56% reduction in mortality along with improved viral clearance and clinical recovery in patients receiving ivermectin vs standard of care (control) treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
  Medscape UK, July 26, 2021
• Adherence to a Healthy Sleep Pattern Linked to Lower Mortality Risks A healthy sleep pattern was significantly associated with lower risks of all-cause mortality and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer.
  Medscape UK, July 23, 2021
• Five Things You Need to Know About Bronchiectasis   Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones highlights five things you need to know about bronchiectasis.
  Medscape UK, July 22, 2021
• IAS 2021 — Younger People with HIV Carry an Increased Risk of CVD People living with HIV (PLWH), especially younger individuals, have an increased risk for mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors.
  Medscape UK, July 22, 2021
• Birth Weight, Adult Obesity and Hypertension Risk A study found a non-linear inverse association between low birth weight (<2.88 kg) and the risk of hypertension.
  Medscape UK, July 21, 2021
• Benefits of Statins Outweigh the Harm from Adverse Events A meta-analysis found that statin use was associated with an increased risk of self-reported muscle symptoms, liver dysfunction, renal insufficiency and eye conditions.
  Medscape UK, July 20, 2021
• Secretory Phospholipase A2 Activity Tied to Increased Risk of Ischaemic Stroke Secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) activity, but not concentration, was associated with an increased risk of future ischaemic stroke, independent of traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors.
  Medscape UK, July 19, 2021
• What's Wrong With NHS Cancer Imaging Services?   Professor Karol Sikora reflects on a critical report on NHS imaging services.
  Medscape UK, July 16, 2021
• Serum and Dietary Vitamin D Levels and Metabolic Syndrome in Severely Obese Individuals Individuals with class II and III obesity (body mass index [BMI], >35 kg/m2) had a low prevalence of vitamin D deficiency.
  Medscape UK, July 16, 2021
• Bariatric Surgery Ups the Risk of Major and Any Fracture, but Not Peripheral Fracture Patients with obesity had an increased risk of major and any fracture, but not peripheral fracture within 5 years of bariatric surgery.
  Medscape UK, July 15, 2021
• Key Predictors of Inpatient Mortality in COVID-19 Patients The presence of hypertension and diabetes together was associated with a significantly increased risk of inpatient COVID-19 mortality.
  Medscape UK, July 14, 2021
• Adopt a Stepped Approach to Atopic Eczema Management Dr Caroline Ward discusses NICE recommendations on the treatment of atopic eczema, focusing on eczema complicated by bacterial or viral infection.
  Medscape UK, July 13, 2021