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Drinking alcohol even in small amounts has been found to raise blood pressure (BP) levels over time for both men and women, with no threshold below which the risk of BP elevation is negligible.

Chronic wounds impose a substantial economic burden on Singapore, costing the country approximately 0.07 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually, as reported in a study.

The risk of herpes zoster (HZ) and HZ-related hospitalization is much higher among patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), especially those who are not currently recommended for HZ vaccination, than the general population, according to a nationwide population-based study in Korea.

An energy-restricted, almond-enriched diet (AED) is as effective as an energy-restricted nut-free control diet (NFD) in promoting and maintaining weight loss, reports a study, noting that both diets support cardiometabolic health.

Adding subablative stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) concurrently to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monotherapy does little to improve survival outcomes in patients with advanced solid tumours, as shown in the phase II CHEERS trial.

Treatment with dupilumab significantly improved lung function in children with moderate-to-severe type 2 asthma compared with placebo, according to two post hoc analyses presented at ERS 2023.