Metformin is associated with a reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases

Published Date: 08 Mar 2023

The latest data on metformin in COVID show benefits in the disease.

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A 10% rise in African ancestry lowered odds of moderate TB drug reactions, while a 10% increase in European ancestry raised them — implications for surveillance.

Cervical cancer screening has evolved. Dr Neil Skolnik delivers an update on why we now wait until age 25 to start and how self-testing is changing the pelvic exam landscape.

Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech halted a large U.S. trial of their updated COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults aged 50 to 64, saying enrollment in the trials had been too...

A lower CD4 count is associated with a higher risk for cervical carcinoma in situ and cervical cancer in women with HIV infection.

Patients with HIV infection are at a higher risk of developing long COVID manifestations than those without HIV infection.

In utero exposure to integrase inhibitor-based antiretroviral regimens is not associated with adverse 1-year neurodevelopmental outcomes compared with exposure to other antiretroviral regimens.

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