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A single combined measure of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a) levels may predict the incidence of cardiovascular events over a 30-year period, as shown in a study.

Pregnant women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who used antitumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy are at reduced risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), reports a study.

Pregnant women with no other comorbidities but who have an elevated BMI tend to have greater postpartum hospital use (PHU), reveals a study.

Prolonged psychological stress in children may affect their eating habits, with a tendency toward increased hedonic behaviour, suggests an observational study.

Bariatric surgery has reduced the number of patients using opioids by nearly 25 percent, but those with multiple opioid prescriptions are less likely to stop its use after the procedure, according to a study.

For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), the use of aspirin appears to lower the risk of incident pancreatic cancer, as shown in a retrospective cohort study.

Intensive blood-pressure (BP) lowering treatment targeted at a tighter systolic BP (SBP) yields cardiovascular benefits in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and elevated BP in the randomized BPROAD* trial.

In the management of gestational diabetes, a sequential oral glucose-lowering medication strategy of metformin and additional glyburide, if needed, failed to demonstrate noninferiority to insulin, according to a study.