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Using content on older adults mined from TikTok, one of the fastest growing social media platforms today, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that negative encounters with older adults significantly predicted negative age stereotyping.

Noninvasive urothelial papillary lesions of the bladder with an inverted growth pattern appear to have a low chance of recurrence and are associated with better outcomes, suggests a study.

Higher blood concentrations of heavy metals appear to contribute to chronic kidney disease (CKD), while elevated levels of plasma selenium and serum zinc reduce CKD risk, according to a Singapore study.

In the treatment of Crohn’s disease (CD), the triple combination of vedolizumab, adalimumab, and methotrexate leads to endoscopic remission in 34.5 percent of patients and clinical remission in 54.5 percent, according to data from the phase IV EXPLORER trial.

Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have developed magnetic hydrogel micromachines with active release of antibacterial agents for biofilm eradication in small tubular medical implants.

Atypical causes of gastroparesis are present in some patients with delayed gastric emptying, a recent study has found. Moreover, patients with postsurgical or connective tissue gastroparesis experience significantly more delayed gastric emptying.