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A safety signal for acute pancreatitis among users of the calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) tacrolimus has been identified in an observational retrospective pharmacovigilance study.

Interactions exist between high-risk factors for thrombosis and new thrombotic events in patients with noncirrhotic portal vein thrombosis (NCPVT) with local factors, reports a study.

Specialist palliative care (SPC) can reasonably enhance the quality of life (QoL) and emotional concerns of individuals with life-limiting illness, regardless of their medical condition, suggests a study. The most effective models of SPC service provision are multidisciplinary, multicomponent, and multi-setting.

Treatment with the orexin receptor antagonist suvorexant does not appear to significantly reduce the incidence of delirium in hospitalized older adults when compared with placebo, according to data from a phase III study.

Many adolescents with obesity who are seeking treatment self-report symptoms of depression, eating disorders, and/or binge eating, and these symptoms appear to decrease with weight loss, according to a study.