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Three omicron-specific coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine candidates will be evaluated in clinical trials in Hong Kong.

Neoadjuvant treatment with nivolumab appears to induce a major pathologic response in selected patients with resectable gastric cancer, in addition to having an acceptable safety profile, according to the results of a phase I trial.

Poor sleep quality is common among couples undergoing fertility treatment and may be a contributing factor for psychological distress and negative pregnancy outcomes, a recent study has found.

In healthy individuals, higher levels of physical activity seem to correlate with lower insulin resistance independently of waist circumference, a recent Korea study has found.

Actively treating even mild hypertension to a target blood pressure (BP) of <140/90 mm Hg in pregnant women significantly lowers the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes without apparent harm to the foetus compared with a strategy of reserving treatment to only when hypertension becomes severe (≥160/105 mm Hg), according to the CHAP* study presented at ACC 2022.

Use of the dopamine 3 receptor agonist pramipexole (PPX) as adjuvant therapy appears to facilitate the reduction of patient exposure to opioids and its associated risks, according to a study.