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Can cuffless wearable devices track BP changes?

13 Jul 2023 by

A cuffless wearable device may help improve hypertension management if it demonstrates accuracy and clinical utility. However, a recent study has found that a commercially available blood pressure (BP) monitoring device does not accurately track night-time BP decline and medication-induced BP changes.

13 Jul 2023

Factors tied to masked hypertension vary depending on sleep hypertension

13 Jul 2023

The presence of sleep hypertension modifies the sleep-related factors associated with masked hypertension, according to a study.

13 Jul 2023

TCM shows potential for mild COVID-19 caused by Omicron

13 Jul 2023 by

Longyizhengqi (LYZQ) granule, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), might be a promising drug for the treatment of mild COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant, a prospective study from China suggests.

13 Jul 2023

Pandemic exposure tied to delayed childhood development

13 Jul 2023

Children exposed to the pandemic are likely to exhibit a development delay at age 5 years, according to a study.

13 Jul 2023

Mirvetuximab soravtansine improves survival in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

13 Jul 2023 by

Treatment with mirvetuximab soravtansine, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting folate receptor-alpha (FRα), led to significantly better survival outcomes in women with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC) compared with the investigator’s choice of chemotherapy, according to the MIRASOL trial presented at ASCO 2023.

13 Jul 2023

Fremanezumab eases migraine and depressive symptoms

13 Jul 2023 by

Treatment with fremanezumab – an anticalcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) – reduces depressive symptoms in patients with migraine and comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD) in the UNITE trial.

13 Jul 2023

Intravenous lacosamide for seizures well tolerated in children, infants

12 Jul 2023

Treating seizures with intravenous lacosamide appears to be safe and is associated with low rates of adverse events among critically ill children and neonates, as reported in a study.

12 Jul 2023

Platelet-rich fibrin matrix shows promise for trophic ulcers

12 Jul 2023 by

Platelet-rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) compares favourably with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of chronic trophic ulcer associated with leprosy, as shown in the results of an observer-blind, noninferiority randomized controlled trial.

12 Jul 2023