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L-menthol can effectively reduce peristaltic grade in older adults scheduled for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with a contraindication to hyoscine-N-butylbromide (HBB), a recent study has found.

Three out of five teens with refractory constipation achieve improvements in bowel movement with prucalopride, while having acceptable side effect profiles, as shown in a small study.

Use of green tea extract (GTE) is well tolerated but does not appear to prevent colorectal adenomas, results of a recent trial have shown.

Patients with paediatric-onset autoimmune liver disease show slower early immunological and biochemical response to a tacrolimus-based treatment as compared with regimens using prednisolone or azathioprine, reports a study presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN 2022).

Supplementation with marine ω-3 fatty acids falls short of reducing the incidence of dry eye disease, as shown a study.

The combination of brentuximab vedotin (Bv) and chemotherapy was superior to a standard paediatric dose-intensive chemotherapy regimen in boosting event-free survival (EFS) in paediatric patients with high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), according to the phase III AHOD1331* trial presented at ASCO 2022.