Seven days in medicine: 27 July to 2 August 2022

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Both studies, published as preprints, ruled out the likelihood of recent or prior SARS-CoV-2 infection as a direct cause for the acute hepatitis.1 (Full story doi10.1136/bmj.o1876) Vitamin D Supplements “don’t reduce fractures in healthy elderly” Vitamin D supplementation did not result in a significantly lower risk of fractures than placebo in generally healthy middle aged and older adults who were not recruited on the basis of vitamin D deficiency, low bone mass, or osteoporosis, in a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.1 The 25 871 participants were followed for five years, and the researchers found no difference in the number of fractures in people taking vitamin D and those taking placebo. [...]of ambulance workers see deaths linked to delays A third of ambulance workers have been involved in cases where a patient’s death was linked to delays in receiving treatment, a poll by the GMB union found. Eye care guidance NICE rapid recommendation on eye condition treatment In final draft guidance the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended brolucizumab (also known as Beovu and manufactured by Novartis) as an option for treating visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema in adults, the main cause in the UK of sight loss in people with diabetes.