Medscape UK

• COVID-19-related Physical Interventions Linked to Reduced Hospitalisations for ENT Infections A study showed a substantial reduction in adult admissions for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) infections following the introduction of COVID-19-related physical interventions (PIs; hand washing, mask wearing, and social distancing).
  Medscape UK, December 03, 2021
• DPC 2021 Both Deprivation and Ethnicity Need Addressing to Alleviate Inequality in Diabetes Care Partha Kar discusses inequalities in diabetes care in his role as Director of Equality, Medical Workforce at NHS England – highlighting that deprivation and ethnicity are two separate but linked issues. Both need addressing now, he says.
  Medscape UK, December 02, 2021
• Higher Prevalence of Depression in Patients with Diabetes Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) have a higher prevalence of depression compared with those without diabetes.
  Medscape UK, December 01, 2021
• Visual Impairment Tied to Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease Visual impairment (VI) was associated with a significantly increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease (PD).
  Medscape UK, November 30, 2021
• Is There a Link Between Antidiabetic Medications and Sleep in T2D Patients? Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) treated with non-metformin therapy had difficulty in falling and staying asleep at night compared with those not using antidiabetic medications or those on metformin monotherapy.
  Medscape UK, November 29, 2021
• COVID-19 and Subsequent Life-threatening Secondary Infections Patients with COVID-19 may have an increased risk of subsequent life-threatening secondary infections (sepsis, endocarditis and central nervous system infections), to an equal extent or even beyond risk elevations seen with seasonal influenza.
  Medscape UK, November 28, 2021
• A Complex Association Between Obesity and Incident Cataract Obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and trunk fat percentage, was associated with a higher incidence of cataract, independent of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and other covariates.
  Medscape UK, November 25, 2021
• Acute Stroke: Malnutrition and Post-stroke Outcomes Patients with acute stroke at risk of malnutrition had a higher risk of multiple adverse outcomes and a greater need for early support on discharge.
  Medscape UK, November 25, 2021
• Minipoll: Hopes and Fears for 2022 What will the health care look like in 2022? Tell us your hopes and fears for next year in this short poll.
  Medscape UK, November 24, 2021
• Do Perioperative NSAIDs Improve Long-term Outcomes after Cancer Surgery? The use of perioperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be associated with increased disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) following cancer surgery.
  Medscape UK, November 24, 2021
• Aspirin Not Beneficial in Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients, Finds RECOVERY Trial Aspirin plus usual care vs usual care alone had no significant effect on all-cause mortality and the risk of progressing to invasive mechanical ventilation or death among patients hospitalised with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
  Medscape UK, November 23, 2021
• HRT and Mortality Risk in Healthy Women Combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT), but not oestrogen-only HRT, was associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality in healthy women (age, 46-65 years) who were followed up for many years.
  Medscape UK, November 21, 2021
• People Living with HIV Are at Risk of Multiple Comorbidities People living with HIV (PLHIV) in the UK had an increased risk of developing multiple comorbid conditions.
  Medscape UK, November 19, 2021
• COPD: Real-world Safety and Efficacy of Budesonide-Formoterol Vs Fluticasone-Salmeterol Budesonide-formoterol inhaler was as effective as fluticasone-salmeterol in reducing the incidence of moderate-severe exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who had ≥1 exacerbation in the year prior to treatment initiation.
  Medscape UK, November 18, 2021
• Increased Risk of Stroke in Cancer Patients and Survivors A meta-analysis indicates that individuals living with and beyond certain cancers may have an increased risk of stroke.
  Medscape UK, November 16, 2021
• Association of Circulating IGF-I with Common Non-cancerous Conditions Circulating insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was associated with several common conditions (other than cancer), including a positive association with carpal tunnel syndrome and inverse associations with varicose veins and iron deficiency anaemia.
  Medscape UK, November 15, 2021
• Atopic Dermatitis and the Risk of Infections Atopic dermatitis (AD) was associated with an increased risk of hospitalised infections, opportunistic infections and several herpesvirus infections in both children and adults, with the risk being greatest in those with severe skin disease.
  Medscape UK, November 14, 2021
• In Conversation: Barriers to Implementation of the NHS England Restructure and Future Opportunities Dr Karen Kirkham and Dr Anthony Cunliffe discuss potential obstacles to the implementation of the reorganisation and how they can be resolved going forward.
  Medscape UK, November 12, 2021
• Impact of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma on COVID-19 Allergic rhinitis (AR; in all ages) and allergic or non-allergic asthma (in those aged <65 years) were associated with a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, but not with the severity and mortality of COVID-19.
  Medscape UK, November 11, 2021
• In Conversation: Potential Benefits of the NHS England Restructure for Practice and Patients In the second In conversation video on the NHS reorganisation, Dr Karen Kirkham and Dr Anthony Cunliffe talk about the emerging benefits of the changes
  Medscape UK, November 11, 2021