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Patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) continued to benefit from over 3 years of treatment with luspatercept, a first-in-class erythroid maturation agent that enhances late-stage erythropoiesis, according to the longer-term efficacy analysis of the phase III BELIEVE study.

High-dose zinc supplementation was significantly associated with decreased feeding intolerance in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants, according to a study presented at ESPGHAN 2022.

Large well-designed studies published in recent years point to an association of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) with increased risks of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and ischaemic stroke (IS). Although the association of CMBs with ICH is greater than with IS, the absolute incidence of IS is still higher than of ICH, implying that antithrombotics should not be routinely withheld for all patients with CMBs.

It is quite common for women to experience some type of sleep problem during pregnancy, and a recent study from Singapore identifies nocturnal eating and exposure to artificial light at night as factors that prevent pregnant women from sleeping soundly.