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emergency helicopter services

Increase in deliberate self-harm seen by helicopter emergency service during pandemic

anticoagulants

Less frequent intracranial bleeds with DOACs compared with vitamin K antagonists among renally impaired ED patients

albumin levels

Serum albumin independent risk factor for severe infection and mortality in COVID-19

Rise on cases of oesophageal cancer in under 30s

Study finds that oesophageal adenocarcinoma cases tripled in younger people over past 30 years

bladder cancer

NICE recommends atezolizumab for metastatic urothelial cancer

lung cancer

Tepotinib authorised for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with METex14 skipping

Colorectal cancer diagnoses and pandemic

Study shows that colorectal cancer diagnoses dropped over 40% during pandemic

quad-pill hypertension

Quad-pill more effective than mono-therapy in hypertension

heart failure

No effect of systolic BP on cardiovascular outcomes in heart failure treated with empagliflozin

CTCA

Early CTCA did not alter clinical outcomes in intermediate risk patients with suspected ACS

atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation appears to be linked to a range of cerebrovascular pathologies

smoking and covid

Dual analytical approach reveals causal link between smoking and outcomes in COVID-19