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A territory-wide retrospective cohort study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has found that stroke is the third strongest predictor of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality, after advancing age and renal disease, while Parkinson’s disease (PD) was the second strongest predictor of death after advancing age during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic of 2003.

Cigarette smoking may increase the risk of gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM), and such risk remains significantly elevated among former smokers until 15 years post-cessation, reveals a recent study.

Old age (>65 years) is independently associated with a higher probability of death among ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) patients, a study has found.

A longitudinal pilot study by the Chinese University of Hong (CUHK) and Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, China, used electrical impedance myography (EIM) and surface electromyography (sEMG) to demonstrate that functional electrical stimulation (FES)–assisted cycling training improves lower limb function in chronic stroke survivors through increasing muscle impedance properties, improving muscle activation capacity, and allowing better muscle coordination during ankle joint movements.

A novel wearable glove device provides visual and acoustic guidance that can help nonhealthcare professionals effectively perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), according to a recent study.

Treatment with icosapent ethyl did not reduce the rate of hospitalization or mortality among patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to results of the PREPARE IT-2* trial presented at AHA 2021.