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Overeating or binge eating symptoms are linked to lower quality of life, higher prevalence of depression and anxiety, and poor clinical outcomes among adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study.

Patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) are at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), major adverse limb events (MALE), mortality, and future major lower extremity amputation (LEA). PAD patients with multivessel disease or relevant comorbidities such as diabetes and kidney failure are at an even higher risks for such events. [Lancet 2018;391:219-229]

In patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the leptin and alternative complement pathways are hyperactivated, which in turn might lead to greater inflammation, a new study has found.

Urinary proadrenomedullin (proADM)/creatinine (Cr) ratio measured at the time of emergency department visit appears predictive of the development of severe outcomes in children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), with stronger discriminatory performance in radiographic disease, suggests a recent study.

Among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, there are multiple factors that affect overall survival, including race, gender, treatment, and socioeconomic factors, as reported in a study.