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The use of fluocinolone acetonide improves visual outcomes and disease control in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), as measured by a significant reduction in annual treatment burden, according to a study.

Intravitreal implant attenuates treatment burden in diabetic macular edema

Glaucoma more prevalent in women with COPD

The risk of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) appears to be aggravated among women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), reports a recent study.

Glaucoma more prevalent in women with COPD

14 Oct 2022

Prexasertib works in select patients with recurrent ovarian cancer

CHK1 inhibition with prexasertib appears to have durable activity in some patients with recurrent ovarian cancer regardless of clinical characteristics, BRCA status, or prior therapies, according to the results of a phase II trial.

Prexasertib works in select patients with recurrent ovarian cancer

14 Oct 2022

Hypertension shows weak to no link to cognition in late life

There appears to only be a very weak to no significant correlation between hypertension and cognitive function in late life, reports a recent study.

Hypertension shows weak to no link to cognition in late life

13 Oct 2022

Antidepressant med may double as sleep apnoea treatment

The antidepressant reboxetine demonstrates therapeutic potential in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), with a recent study showing that the drug helps lower disease severity.

Antidepressant med may double as sleep apnoea treatment

Tacrolimus dose reduction needed in renal transplant patients on fluconazole

Renal transplant patients require a 20-percent reduction in tacrolimus (TAC) total daily dose (TDD) when used in tandem with low-dose fluconazole (LDF) to achieve therapeutic levels, suggests a study.

Tacrolimus dose reduction needed in renal transplant patients on fluconazole

Do fluoroquinolones raise risk of hospital admission for suicidality?

Use of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of pneumonia or urinary tract infection (UTI) does not appear to markedly increase the risk of hospital admission or emergency department visits due to suicidality compared with azithromycin or combined trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole, a study has shown.

Do fluoroquinolones raise risk of hospital admission for suicidality?

Cuff-based SBP amplification shows bias, less variability

Cuff-based estimates of systolic blood pressure (SBP) amplification demonstrate proportional systematic bias and less individual variability regardless of the difference from invasive measurements, according to a recent study.

Cuff-based SBP amplification shows bias, less variability

Sotagliflozin may offer cardiorenal protection for adults with T1D

Using the Steno T1 Risk Engines, the dual SGLT*1 and SGLT2 inhibitor sotagliflozin showed potential in reducing the risk of cardiovascular (CV) and renal disease in adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Sotagliflozin may offer cardiorenal protection for adults with T1D

13 Oct 2022

Ferric carboxymaltose fends off anaemia in kids with CKD

Intravenous administration of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) helps improve haemoglobin and iron levels in children suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a recent study.

Ferric carboxymaltose fends off anaemia in kids with CKD