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The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo. Source link

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain Multiple randomized clinical trials and electronic health record studies now show that metformin, a widely used and well-established medication, significantly reduces the risk of developing long COVID when taken during or shortly after acute infection with SARS-CoV-2. The findings are published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. …

[ Depression is one of the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide, affecting approximately 4% of the global population. It is characterized by a persistent low mood, disruptions in typical sleeping and/or eating habits, a lack of motivation, a loss of interest in daily activities and unhelpful thought patterns. Source …

[ A visual representation of the study. Credit: X. Li (EPFL) When eating, the body converts extra calories, especially from carbs, sugar, fats, and alcohol, into triglycerides. Triglycerides are a form of fat or lipid, which the body stores away into its fat cells as an energy fuel for energy …

[ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Jascayd (nerandomilast) tablets for the treatment of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in adults. Jascayd becomes the first and only preferential phosphodiesterase 4B inhibitor with immunomodulatory and antifibrotic effects approved for this indication. The approval is based on results from the pivotal phase …

The guitarist and keyboard player for The Cure, Perry Bamonte, has died. The band said Bamonte died aged 65 “after a short illness at home”, in a statement on their website, which they said was posted with “enormous sadness”. The statement said: “Quiet, intensive, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than half of patients in a Phase III clinical trial who received a limited course of the experimental monoclonal antibody ianalumab for primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), an autoimmune disorder that can cause life-threatening bleeding, were able to maintain safe platelet counts without serious bleeding …

Australia batter Steve Smith has been wearing black strips of tape under his eyes as he prepares for the second Ashes Test against England in Brisbane. The day-night match will feature floodlights and the players will use a pink ball. The patches have been used in the past by former …

[ Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels A meta-analysis of randomized trials suggests fecal microbiota transplantation can ease depressive symptoms, with stronger effects reported for endoscopic or enema delivery, according to researchers at the Department of Nursing, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. …

There seem to be plenty of colds going around at the moment – so here’s a possible aid you might not have considered: peppermints. Newly published research from scientists at Cardiff University says sucking on them can increase alertness in people who are ill with the common cold. They monitored …

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain BMS-986504, a first-in-class methylthioadenosine (MTA)-cooperative protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) targeting agent, showed promising antitumor activity in heavily pretreated patients with MTAP-deleted non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to results from the Phase I CA240-0007 trial presented at the International Association for the Study of …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An analysis from the Phase III CheckMate 77T trial confirms that perioperative nivolumab does not compromise health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including those with Stage III N2 disease. These results were presented at the International Association …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new analysis from the COMPEL trial shows that patients with EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who experienced non-central nervous system (CNS) progression on first-line osimertinib benefit from continuing osimertinib treatment in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy. The study was presented at the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new study has discovered another way to potentially prevent COVID-19. Researchers at Saarland University in Germany headed a clinical trial that found a nasal spray could reduce the risk of coronavirus infection by two-thirds. The phase 2 study, published in JAMA …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Beetroot juice, which is rich in nitrates, has been linked to changing the community of bacteria living in the mouth. Now, a new study has found that drinking this juice could reduce older adults’ blood pressure. Researchers at the University of Exeter compared …

[ by I. Edwards A new weight loss pill made by Eli Lilly helped people lose a significant amount of weight in a recent study. Taken at the highest dose, orforglipron helped patients lose an average 27.3 pounds, or 12.4% of their body weight, over 72 weeks. Eli Lilly says …