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Continuous exposure to radiation during cancer therapy promotes ulceration of tissues or radionecrosis, and a recent study revealed that the use of low-level light therapy may accelerate the resolution of skin damage by up to 50 percent.

A negative association exists between haemoglobin glycation index (HGI) and telomere attrition, independent of HbA1c, according to a study. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) α mediates the association between HGI and telomere length.

Among patients with tuberculosis (TB) infection, treatment outcomes seem unfavourable in the presence of persistent dysglycaemia, as reported in a study.

KVD900, and oral inhibitor of plasma kallikrein (PKa), safely and rapidly induces near-complete PKa inhibition, reports two phase I studies.

Among teens and adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), adherence to treatment regimens, rather than type of glucocorticoid, is the factor that affects quality of life (QoL), according to a study.

Acid suppression therapy appears to exert no meaningful effect on the efficacy or safety of plecanatide when administered concomitantly, according to a study.

The addition of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) or postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy (POCRT) to surgery led to significant improvements in disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in individuals with pathological stage IIB-III oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) compared with surgery alone, a prospective phase III study from China suggests.

In schizophrenia patients with related psychoses, physical aggression seems to be higher among men, those with lower education, and those diagnosed at an older age, according to a recent Singapore study.