First Look

• H pylori May Undermine Immunotherapy Response in Gastric Cancer H pylori infection was associated with shorter progression-free and overall survival. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 20, 2022
• Genomic Risk Score Predicts Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk A metagenomic risk score combined with clinical risk factors shows promise.
  First Look, May 19, 2022
• Who Is Most Concerned With Self-presentation on Social Media? How self-presentation on social media is influenced by sociodemographic variables, lifestyle, and personality.
  First Look, May 19, 2022
• Sepsis-Induced Cardiomyopathy Risk May Extend Even Postdischarge Its impact on mortality, especially when there is right ventricular involvement, can persist after the condition apparently resolves, suggests a meta-analysis.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Diabetic Retinopathy Risk, Severity Show Socioeconomic Links Low income and type of health insurance was associated with an increased prevalence of medical risk factors for diabetic retinopathy as well as the risk for vision-threatening disease.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Dopamine D1 Agonists May Aid Patients With Late-Stage Parkinson's The study covered in this summary was published on MedRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Troponins Independently Prognostic in Nonobstructive CAD Modestly elevated levels of troponin on high-sensitivity assay pointed to impaired perfusion and predicted CV events independent of microvascular dysfunction in patients with nonobstructive CAD.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Sarcopenia Nearly Doubles Risk Women Will Quit Endocrine Therapy But the good news is oncologists can address the condition before starting therapy. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 17, 2022
• Which CRC Regimens Are More Likely to Harm Kidneys? After analyzing various treatments for metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), researchers zeroed in on FOLFIRI + bevacizumab. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 17, 2022
• Resting Heart Rate Predicts Fitness Level The number of times the heart beats when an individual is inactive is a biomarker for fitness and cardiorespiratory health that can be monitored to assess disease, a new analysis shows.
  First Look, May 16, 2022
• How to Weed Out False Positives on Breast MRIs Several features of incidental lesions detected on contrast-enhanced breast MRI were associated with false positive outcomes. The study, published as a preprint, has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 16, 2022
• Hormonal Therapy Produces Best Cryptorchidism Outcomes Independent of surgery, hormonal therapy of young boys with cryptorchidism promotes testicular descent and increases the likelihood of adequate sperm quality when they are adults.
  First Look, May 13, 2022
• Decreased CBF in Patients With COVID-19 Who Self-Isolated Various regions of the brain exhibited decreased blood circulation in the long-term.
  First Look, May 12, 2022
• Greater Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability Tied to CV Risk Both the triglyceride-glucose index and its variability over several years predicted late risk for myocardial infarction or stroke in a prospective cohort study with more than 50,000 adults.
  First Look, May 12, 2022
• A Computerized Test May Help Detect Cognitive Impairment Results correlated with Alzheimer’s prone regions on MRI .
  First Look, May 12, 2022
• Alcohol Use Disorder and the Risk of Neurodegenerative Diseases Alcohol use disorder is associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, as demonstrated in this retrospective cohort study.
  First Look, May 12, 2022
• Signs of Early Myocardial Injury Seen in Gestational Diabetes Speckle-tracking echo picked up early, asymptomatic signs of adverse ventricular remodeling in women with gestational diabetes that were not reliably detected by standard echocardiography.
  First Look, May 11, 2022
• Genes Influence Body Fat More Than Lean Mass Genetic susceptibility to having larger body size in childhood and early adulthood affected body fat more than lean mass, and the links between genetic profiles and adiposity also showed sex differences.
  First Look, May 10, 2022
• Mask Wearing May Cause Mental Distress in People With Autism Public health policies, such as mask wearing, affects restricted interest and repetitive behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder.
  First Look, May 09, 2022
• Higher Magnesium Links With Better Bariatric Surgery Outcomes A review of 403 patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery showed that higher magnesium levels were associated with better post-surgical glycemic control and diabetes remission.
  First Look, May 09, 2022