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For both women and men, BMI that is outside of the normal category during the preconception or early-pregnancy periods is a risk factor for lower fecundability, subfertility, and miscarriage, as reported in a cohort study.

Patients with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RR-DTC) with good ECOG* performance status and radioactive iodine (RAI) avidity benefit the most from treatment with lenvatinib, a study has shown. Moreover, the only independent predictor of survival after treatment initiation is objective response.

In postmenopausal women, breast adiposity appears to influence various adverse body composition and metabolic factors, suggests a study.

Prediabetes in adolescent or young adult females has been linked to increased likelihood of gestational diabetes and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes at first birth in a recent retrospective cohort study.

In the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and comorbid chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) appears to minimize COPD-related emergency room visits and hospitalizations, as shown in a study.

In a comparative analysis presented at WONCA 2024, individuals who are being treated with pitavastatin appear to be at greater risk of developing new-onset diabetes as opposed to those receiving rosuvastatin.