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A low-cost, smartphone-based infrared (IR) camera works as well as a high-end version for the detection of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), study findings indicate.

Supplementing androgen deprivation therapy with enzalutamide delays radiologic progression in men with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer, indicate phase III trial findings presented at the 2019 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Overall survival is significantly improved with the first-line combination of pembrolizumab and axitinib relative to sunitinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, shows the KEYNOTE-426 trial.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are treated with the Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib alongside methotrexate experience sustained efficacy for up to 2 years, suggest follow-up results from the phase III ORAL Scan study.

Children with type 1 diabetes are more likely than their non-diabetic peers to seek primary care for a number of specific conditions in the year before their diagnosis, which could aid detection before the onset of diabetic ketoacidosis, say researchers.

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing elective joint replacement, stopping intravenous abatacept treatment for more than one dosing interval prior to surgery may not result in better postoperative outcomes than a shorter length of discontinuation, researchers report.