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A single cord blood transplantation confers improved overall survival in adult patients with acute myeloid leukaemia, a recent study has found.

Use of an app-based mobile health (mHealth) program by individuals with diabetes has resulted in clinically meaningful improvement in glycaemic control, a study has shown.

Exposure to phthalates while still in the womb is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) z-scores in children, suggesting impaired growth, reports a recent meta-analysis. Prenatal exposure, on the other hand, does not seem to affect body fat percentage.

Drinking green tea regularly, or consumption of its bioactive constituents as supplements, appears to have a positive effect on certain cardiometabolic risk factors, including weight, blood pressure, blood glucose, and lipids, a study has found. However, these benefits depend on the amount and frequency of consumption, health status, and lifestyle.

Among patients undergoing femoropopliteal artery revascularization, mortality risk was not affected regardless of whether they were treated with drug-coated devices (DCDs) or non–drug-coated devices (NDCDs), according to updated results of the SAFE-PAD* study presented at SCAI 2022.

Patients with relapsed or refractory FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and with prior exposure to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) may benefit from gilteritinib treatment, which leads to better remission and survival outcomes than salvage chemotherapy, a recent study has found.