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Severe maternal morbidity up by fourfold in presence of CRC
Pregnant women with colorectal cancer (CRC) face a considerably increased likelihood of severe maternal morbidity, including disseminated intravascular coagulation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and hysterectomy, among others, according to a study.
Severe maternal morbidity up by fourfold in presence of CRC
27 Feb 2025
Long-term colchicine use helps prevent stroke, cardiac events
Treatment with colchicine appears to lower the risk of stroke and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) when used for longer duration, according to a study presented at ISC 2025. This beneficial effect, however, is not observed among patients with shorter follow-up duration.
Long-term colchicine use helps prevent stroke, cardiac events
23 Feb 2025
EVT-IVT combo better than EVT alone in patients with large core infarct
The addition of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) to endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) provides significant clinical benefits to patients who experienced acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) caused by large vessel occlusion (LVO) with large ischaemic infarcts (LII), as shown by the findings of a meta-analysis presented at the recent ISC 2025.
EVT-IVT combo better than EVT alone in patients with large core infarct
22 Feb 2025
Greater weight loss at 5 years following ring-augmented RYGB
Among patients who undergo primary RYGB to treat obesity, those whose surgery is augmented with a prefabricated gastric ring lose significantly more of their initial weight at 5 years, a matched cohort study has found