Mcgill University

Rates of bone mineral density testing among men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy have risen since 2000 but remain low, according to study results published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Cancers — particularly lung cancer — were more likely to occur among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who smoked, whereas use of antimalarials was linked to lower cancer risk, researchers noted.

SGLT2 inhibitor use is associated with an almost threefold increased risk for diabetic ketoacidosis compared with use of DPP-IV inhibitors, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The use of adjunctive daptomycin therapy among patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections does not shorten the duration of bacteremia, researchers reported.

Among adults with congenital heart disease hospitalized for HF, mortality risk remained high for up to 4 years after hospital discharge, according to a study published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

Nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 occurred at high rates among patients with cancer and appeared associated with increased mortality in this population, according to study results presented at AACR Virtual Meeting: COVID-19 and Cancer.

A cohort of French women currently taking any antidepressant medication were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes during 6 years of follow-up compared with nonusers, independent of severe depressive symptoms.