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Treatment with zastaprazan 20 mg for 8 weeks shows noninferiority to esomeprazole 40 mg in patients with low-grade erosive esophagitis (EE), reports a study. Moreover, the healing rate at week 4 seems greater for zastaprazan than esomeprazole.

Early treatment with tenofovir alafenamide appears to lower the risk of serious liver-related adverse events in patients with noncirrhotic chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and moderate or high viraemia, regardless of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) concentrations, according to interim data from the ATTENTION trial conducted in South Korea.

Administration of single-dose intravenous (IV) iron during the early second trimester of pregnancy reduced the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) infants and achieved nonanaemic status (NAS) at delivery, according to a study presented at SMFM 2025.

Both elinzanetant and fezolinetant are beneficial in the management of vasomotor symptoms in menopausal women, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis. However, elinzanetant appears to exert greater effects on symptom frequency and severity, as well as sleep quality.

In case of failed corneal transplants, performing subsequent endothelial keratoplasty (EK) instead of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) significantly improves long-term regraft survival and visual outcomes, according to a study from Singapore.

A milder enhancement in the orbital optic nerve appears to result in poorer visual acuity (VA) and visual field recovery among eyes with first myelin oligodendrocyte protein (MOG)-related optic neuritis (ON), a study has found.

The presence of xanthelasma palpebrarum (XP), yellow bumps or plaques that appear on eyelids due to cholesterol deposits, does not seem to increase the rates of dyslipidemia or cardiovascular disease (CVD), suggests a study.