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Sleeve gastrectomy was associated with a lower risk of mortality and complications over 5 years compared with gastric bypass, although the former intervention comes with an increased risk of surgical revision, reveals a recent study on patients undergoing bariatric surgery for weight loss.

The angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors (ARNI) sacubitril/valsartan does not appear to help manage heart failure (HF) in Asian patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), with a small study from Singapore showing that the drug can only be tolerated at suboptimal doses and that hypotension prevents uptitration.

Treatment with high-dose continuous intravenous labetalol (HD-CIVL) results in a nonstatistically significant higher incidence of haemodynamic instability compared to an esmolol combination (EC) regimen in patients with type B aortic dissections (TBADs), results of a study have shown.

Respiratory rate, heart rate, and apnoea counts become more frequent during the last two weeks of life in cancer patients, according to a recent study. Such changes in vital signs may prove valuable for predicting impending death, especially with the help of monitoring devices, though potential modifying effects of opioid use need to be taken into consideration.

In sexual minority-identifying youth (SMY), factors at the individual, family, and community levels all have important roles to play in protecting their mental health (MH), a recent study has found.

An oral disintegrating collagen film demonstrates potential antiageing efficacy, reducing skin wrinkle depth while increasing skin elasticity and density, as shown in a study.

Very early initiation of dialysis results in a modest reduction in mortality and cardiovascular events, but for most patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), this benefit may not outweigh the burden of a much longer period spent on dialysis, according to a study.