Imperial College London

PHILADELPHIA — In patients with stable angina and evidence of ischemia, PCI improved angina symptoms at 12 weeks compared with a sham procedure, according to the results from the ORBITA-2 trial.

Approximately 20% of patients with solid organ transplants, rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases or lymphoid cancers fail to mount a response to three or more COVID-19 vaccine doses, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

CHICAGO — Men who stop using anabolic-androgenic steroids may be able to restore their testosterone with the use of post-cycle therapy drugs, according to data presented at ENDO 2023.

Glucocorticoids alone demonstrate similar recovery rates as intravenous immunoglobin, or combination therapy with both, in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

Kisspeptin was associated with enhanced sexual brain processing, increased penile tumescence and multiple measures of sexual desires and arousal among men with hypoactive sexual desire disorder, according to a study data.

Greater intake of ultra-processed foods was associated with an increased risk for overall and site-specific cancer, particularly ovarian cancer, as well as cancer-related mortality, a study published in eClinicalMedicine found.

CHICAGO — In adults with atherosclerotic CVD or a risk equivalent, twice-yearly inclisiran injections were associated with a 44% reduction in LDL that was sustained over 4 years with no new safety signals observed, researchers reported.

Adults in the U.K. with type 1 diabetes are less likely to use diabetes technology if they face more socioeconomic deprivation despite the benefits of technology use, according to study findings published in Diabetic Medicine.

Data from a global BP screening program show adults with a history of stroke were more than twice as likely to have hypertension, with one-third of those having untreated or inadequately treated BP, researchers reported.

Prehospital deaths are a larger contributor to MI mortality, and how it varies within and across high-income countries, than hospital case fatality, highlighting a need for more early intervention efforts, data show.