Early vs Late Fixation of Extremity Fractures Among Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury 1. In a cohort of patients with traumatic brain injury, early fixation of extremity fractures within 24 hours of injury was not associated with greater rates of unfavourable functional outcomes at 6 months. Evidence Rating: 2 (Good) While extremity fractures are commonly
A large-scale clinical trial of treatment strategies for Crohn's disease has shown that offering early advanced therapy to all patients straight after diagnosis can drastically improve outcomes, including by reducing the number of people requiring urgent abdominal surgery for treatment of their disease by ten-fold.
1. The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause death for individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increased for those with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) compared to those without NAFLD. Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good) Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing in prevalence globally. Patients with NAFLD are at an increased
Better Therapeutics Inc.’s prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) received U.S. FDA breakthrough device designation for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), an advanced form of fatty liver disease that increases the risk of cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer but has few good treatments available.
Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common liver cancer in children. Researchers and physicians in the field are concerned because in the last decade HB has been rising rapidly worldwide and has seen the most rapid increase among all pediatric solid tumors.