At-home misoprostol increases rate of day-care procedures and patient satisfaction in late medical abortion
1. 71% of home group patients and 46% of hospital group patients completed abortion as a day-care procedure. 2. Majority...
Semaglutide reduces cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic disease and obesity
1. Patients assigned to semaglutide reported reduced major adverse cardiovascular events, regardless of heart failure subtype. 2. Benefits were consistent...
Oseltamivir and peramivir may reduce length-of-hospital-stay in patients with severe influenza
1. Time in hospital was modestly reduced in both intervention groups compared to the control. 2. There was little to...
Delgocitinib cream is effective and safe for the treatment of chronic hand eczema
1. More patients in the delgocitinib cream group reported clear or almost clear skin at week 16 in both the...
Brentuximab-based chemotherapy improves survival and reduces toxicity in patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma
1. BrECADD resulted in significantly lower treatment-related morbidity than eBEACOPP. 2. Progression-free survival at 48 months was significantly greater in...
Early intensive glycemic control reduces long-term risk of death and myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes
1. Sulfonylurea, insulin therapy, and metformin resulted in a significant relative risk reduction for all-cause mortality and myocardial infarction. 2....
Individualized walking and education program reduces the recurrence of low back pain
1. Walking significantly reduced low-back pain recurrence compared to the control group. 2. Patients in the walking group saved approximately...
Stereotactic radiotherapy reduces anti-VEGF injection requirements in neovascular age-related macular degeneration
1. Fewer anti-VEGF intravitreal injections were required in the SRT group over 2 years. 2. Change in visual acuity was...
Long-term colchicine does not reduce recurrent events following ischemic stroke
1. Incidence of recurrent ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, and hospitalization was not statistically significant between both groups. 2....
Subdural irrigation in burr-hole drainage procedure reduces reoperation rate in patients with chronic subdural hematoma
1. Patients who underwent burr-hole drainage with subdural irrigation had fewer reoperation rates with comparable functional outcomes than those without...