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Supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids extends a modest benefit on the incidence of total falls among generally healthy, active, and vitamin D-replete older adults, while a daily high dose of vitamin D or a simple home exercise program (SHEP) offers no benefits.

Using wearable devices helps improve study completion among people with eating disorders, as well as boosts their engagement with a smartphone app intervention, according to a recent study. Greater program retention, in turn, may lead to better outcomes.

For nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients, performing physical activity appears to confer some protection against the development of fibrosis, sarcopenia, and cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study.

Probiotics with the EVC001 strain of the Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis, as a supplement to human milk, appears to significantly reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and associated deaths in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, a recent study has found.

Both the polygenic risk score (PRS) for hepatic fat (HFC-PRS) derived from non-Asians and the novel PRS for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) derived from East Asians can predict the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Singaporeans, as shown in a study.

Targeted temperature management, compared with normothermia, does not appear to result in improved survival or neurological outcomes in comatose patients following cardiac arrest, claims a recent study.