Medscape UK

• Risk of Non-serious Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Non-serious infection (NSI) events were common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with predictors similar to those for serious infections.
  Medscape UK, April 15, 2021
• Kidney Stone Formers at Greater Risk of Developing Metabolic Syndrome Kidney stone formers (SFs) have an increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome (MetS), particularly those with calcium oxalate and uric acid stones.
  Medscape UK, April 14, 2021
• Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors Use and Risk of COVID-19 The use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in hypertensive patients was not associated with an increased risk of suspected or confirmed COVID-19, whereas the use of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) was associated with a non-significantly increased risk of COVID-19 vs calcium channel blockers (CCBs).
  Medscape UK, April 13, 2021
• What Cardiologists and Oncologists Need to Know About Cancer Treatment Cardiotoxicity   Dr Sukh Nijjer and guests discuss new guidelines on what cardiologists and oncologists need to know about heart risks for cancer patients.
  Medscape UK, April 12, 2021
• Elevated HDL-C Linked to Reduced Odds of Testing Positive for SARS-COV-2 Elevated high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) levels were associated with reduced odds of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2.
  Medscape UK, April 12, 2021
• Long Sleep Durations May Substantially Increase Risk of Mortality and Morbidity Long and short sleep durations were associated with a modest but statistically significant increased risk of a composite of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer and mortality.
  Medscape UK, April 09, 2021
• Antithyroid Drug Use During Pregnancy and Risk of Birth Defects in Offspring Previously conducted meta-analyses have overestimated the risk of birth defects in offspring associated with antithyroid drug use during pregnancy because of bias.
  Medscape UK, April 08, 2021
• Vitamin D in Moderation Reduces Risk of Acute Respiratory Infections This meta-analysis found a small but significant protective effect of vitamin D supplementation on the risk of having ≥1 acute respiratory infections (ARIs) vs placebo, but there was evidence of significant heterogeneity of effect across trials.
  Medscape UK, April 07, 2021
• 'Sobering' New Data on Long COVID   Dr Amitava Banerjee reflects on the latest data on post-COVID syndrome in individuals discharged from hospital.
  Medscape UK, April 07, 2021
• A&E Perspective: Easing Lockdown, NHS Backlog, No Respite for EDs Dr Dan O'Carroll reflects on easing of lockdown and the impact on the NHS.
  Medscape UK, April 06, 2021
• Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Depression and anxiety are more common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than those of the same age and sex who are unaffected.
  Medscape UK, April 06, 2021
• High Citrus Consumption May Increase Melanoma Risk High citrus consumption was associated with a significantly increased risk of melanoma.
  Medscape UK, April 05, 2021
• Glucose-lowering Drugs and Risk of COVID-19 Mortality in People with T2D Type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients prescribed metformin, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and sulfonylureas were at a lower risk of COVID-19-related mortality than those not prescribed these drugs.
  Medscape UK, April 02, 2021
• Postpartum Haemorrhage Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Postnatal Depression Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) was associated with an increase in the risk of developing postnatal depression (PND) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the year following delivery.
  Medscape UK, April 01, 2021
• Intravenous Iron Linked to Reduced Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalisation In patients with heart failure (HF) and iron deficiency (ID), intravenous (IV) iron reduced the risk of the composite outcome of first hospitalisations for heart failure (HHF) or cardiovascular (CV) mortality in the following 12 months.
  Medscape UK, March 31, 2021
• Folic Acid Supplementation Throughout Pregnancy: Neurocognitive Developmental Benefits for Children Continued folic acid (FA) supplementation in pregnancy beyond the early period currently recommended to prevent neural tube defects (NTD) is beneficial to neurocognitive development in the child.
  Medscape UK, March 30, 2021
• Masked Medics Sharing Selfies for Cancer Awareness Medical staff have been sharing selfies in operating theatres as part of a cancer awareness campaign.
  Medscape UK, March 29, 2021
• Does Selenium Supplementation Improve Musculoskeletal Health in Older Women? Selenium supplementation (200 μg or 50 μg daily) does not affect bone health or physical function in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or osteopenia.
  Medscape UK, March 29, 2021
• Assisted Dying Bill: Is It Time for a Change in the Law? A bill to change the law on assisted dying began in Parliament in January.
  Medscape UK, March 26, 2021
• Does Alcohol Consumption Influence Osteoarthritis Risk? This meta-analysis found a negative association between weekly or more frequent alcohol consumption and osteoarthritis (OA).
  Medscape UK, March 26, 2021