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Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) have been observed in patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR), reveals a study presented at ESC 2023.

COVID-19 testing has picked up a new coronavirus variant called BA.2.86 – nicknamed Pirola, after an asteroid – in several countries.

In an interim analysis of the K-DETEK study, a noninvasive blood test was able to detect early-stage cancer and identify tumour location in asymptomatic individuals in Vietnam.

Children and adults with atopic dermatitis (AD) are at risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the risk varying by age, AD severity, and IBD subtype, according to a study.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic relapsing skin disease that requires long-term control. At the 25th World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) in Singapore, Professor Sonja Ständer, professor of dermatology and neurodermatology at the University Hospital Münster, Germany, and Professor Zuotao Zhao, dermatologist from the First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China, shared clinical approaches to managing patients with moderate-to-severe AD. The session was chaired by Professor Johannes Ring, director, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Biederstein at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Among the key topics discussed were the multifactorial nature of AD, its primary symptoms, and the various therapeutic options for itch relief.

Patients with atrial high-rate episodes (AHRE) do not seem to benefit from anticoagulation with edoxaban, which has fallen short of reducing the composite outcome of stroke, systemic embolism, or cardiovascular death, according to the results of the NOAH-AFNET* 6 trial.

Adjuvant radiotherapy following endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) results in better survival in patients with lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in T1bN0M0 esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC), a study has shown.