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People who regularly eat red meat are at greater odds of developing hypertension, according to a recent study, which calls for more awareness among food insecure groups.

There is an increased rate of hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfection among people who inject drugs after the scale-up of direct-acting antivirals, reports a recent Scotland study.

Patients with pneumonia appear to be at increased risk of developing chronic otitis media, a study has found.

The addition of tremelimumab to durvalumab (STRIDE regimen) in the first-line setting improved overall survival (OS) compared with sorafenib in patients with advanced unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to results of the phase III HIMALAYA trial.

Difamilast ointment is superior to vehicle and can be a safe and effective option for the treatment of atopic dermatitis, a recent study reports.

Sarcoidosis patients with biopsy-verified non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation are at greater risk of haematologic cancers and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in the long term than the general population, a study has found.

In the phase II/III RELATIVITY-047 trial evaluating dual checkpoint inhibition for advanced melanoma, a new fixed-dose combination comprising the LAG-3 inhibitor relatlimab and the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab fared better than nivolumab monotherapy.

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy seem to aggravate the risk of premature delivery and intrauterine growth retardation, reports a recent study. Consequentially, the delivered infants may be more likely to sustain injuries to the cardiovascular and endocrine system and suffer from neurodevelopmental delays.