“Results of this cluster trial demonstrate that salt substitution was safe, along with reduced risks of stroke recurrence and death, which underscores large health gains from scaling up this low-cost ...

(HealthDay News) — Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with more rapid progression of coronary artery lesion-based plaque volume, according to a study ...

Prevalence of preterm birth and low birth weight slightly higher, but no difference seen in prevalence of birth defects ...

(HealthDay News) — For individuals with type 1 diabetes, intraindividual body weight variability, or body weight cycling, is associated with an increased risk for renal events, according to a study ...

(HealthDay News) — Life’s Crucial 9 (LC9), a recently proposed method for assessing cardiovascular health, has a strong negative correlation with overactive bladder (OAB), which is partially mediated ...

Dementia cases had lower BMI and waist circumference and faster declines; HDL levels generally higher predementia ...

At the same time, incidence of distant-stage prostate cancer increased. (HealthDay News) — Distant-stage prostate cancer increased and mortality rates plateaued throughout California during the ...

Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, particularly those who were also receiving noninvasive ventilation or invasive mechanical ventilation, dexamethasone was associated with reduced mortality.

Elevated LDL cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides linked to reduced risk for glaucoma. (HealthDay News) — Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is associated with an ...

As baseline levels of IL-6 prior to hemodialysis AVF creation increase, so does the risk for AVF failure. Elevated levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) prior to surgery to create an arteriovenous ...

Among patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, those treated with platinum-based agents, taxanes had highest prevalence. (HealthDay News) — The pooled prevalence of chronic ...

Deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy is associated with better survival compared with upfront surgery, including among fit patients receiving immunotherapy. Deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN ...