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Babies born to mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are smaller in terms of birth weight and length as well as head circumference, according to a study.

In the treatment of patients with primary coronary slow flow phenomenon, the use of low-dose sildenafil daily appears to confer several benefits, including symptom improvement, blood pressure reduction, and enhanced exercise test parameters, according to the results of a pilot trial.

In Asian women with morbid obesity, robotic total hysterectomy with bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy (THBSO) for endometrial malignancies proves to be a reliable approach, being both safe and effective, as reported in a Singapore study.

Endoscopic ultrasound (US)-guided rendezvous (EUS-RV) technique is on a par with precut sphincterotomy as a salvage technique for patients with difficult bile duct cannulation for benign biliary disease, a study has shown. The complications rates for the two approaches are both acceptable.

Surgeons at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) have become the first in the world to perform teleoperated magnetic endoscopy in a porcine model across a distance of 9,300 km.

Drinking beer or cider, as well as several other alcoholic beverages, in greater amounts appears to contribute to an increased risk of gout for both men and women, according to a prospective study.

In the treatment of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH), placing nicardipine release implants during microsurgical aneurysm repair appears to reduce the incidence of moderate to severe angiographic vasospasm and improve clinical outcomes, according to data from a phase 2b study.