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High resting energy expenditure (REE) contributes to an increase in the risk of invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women, as reported in a study.

Among patients who successfully recover from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), nearly half continue to experience persistent symptoms a month after recovery, reports a recent Japan study.

Men who carry the G allele of melatonin receptor 1B gene (MTNR1B) rs10830963 are at lower risk of prostate cancer when exposed to night shift work, according to a study.

Almost 30 percent of patients who experience a cryptogenic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) go on to develop atrial fibrillation (AF), most of them asymptomatic, according to results of the NOR-FIB* study presented at EHRA 2022.

Very early invasive coronary angiography does not seem to decrease the risk of serious bleedings in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS), reports a recent secondary analysis of the VERDICT trial.

Income and several clinical factors are associated with placement and retrieval of inferior vena cava filter for patients with cancer-related thrombosis, a study has found. In addition, filter retrieval rates remain low despite reinitiation of anticoagulation in many patients.

In diabetic foot screening (DFS), both absolute systolic toe pressure (ASTP) and toe-brachial index (TBI) can detect ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI)-determined peripheral arterial disease (PAD), results of a Singapore study have shown. The optimal threshold values derived from a multiethnic Asian diabetic population are <0.7 for TBI and <95.5 mm Hg for ASTP.