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Educating older adult patients with diabetes prior to Ramadan fasting appears to have a favourable effect on the risk of developing symptomatic hypoglycaemia, according to a study.

Patients with nondiabetic chronic kidney disease (NDCKD) have significantly lower centre subfield, average macular, and average ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer thicknesses, a recent study has found. All quadrants for the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer, except for its temporal quadrant, were all likewise thinner in NDCKD patients.

The growth rates of transition and peripheral zones of the prostate vary, according to a study. Body mass index (BMI) and transition zone index (TZI) contribute to peripheral zone growth rate, while use of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (5ARI) reduces the transition zone growth rate.

Using wearable devices with a mobile app can encourage physical activity (PA) among middle-aged individuals in rural communities and in turn prevent metabolic syndrome (MetS), according to a recent Korea study.

For chemoprevention for biliary tract cancers (BTC) and its subtypes, statins appear to confer benefits whereas low-dose aspirin does not, according to a study. Moreover, the addition of low-dose aspirin to statins contributes no further reduction in the risk.

Adding alirocumab to rosuvastatin led to a significantly reduced coronary plaque in noninfarct-related arteries in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), according to the PACMAN-AMI* trial presented at ACC 2022.