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In the treatment of patients with resected non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without sensitizing EGFR and ALK alterations, adjuvant nivolumab does not appear to yield improvements in disease-free survival (DFS) when given after planned adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, according to a phase 3 study.

In a network meta-analysis of discontinuation of blood-pressure (BP)-lowering medications due to adverse effects (AEs), the best-tolerated treatment was a combination of an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) and a calcium channel blocker (CCB), with four of the top five best-tolerated regimens containing ARBs.

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)—DNA segments that enable bacterial survival in the presence of antibiotics— can be detected in newborns’ meconium shortly after birth, as shown in a study presented at ESCMID Global 2026.

The investigational ileal bile acid transporter (IBAT) inhibitor volixibat provides rapid and sustained improvement in pruritus in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, according to the topline results of the VISTAS study.

Home blood pressure (BP) measurements have increased significantly following baroreflex activation therapy (BAT) deactivation, even after multiannual therapy, reports a study.

Children who have been maltreated require care that routine surveillance practice do not fully meet, according to a Singapore study. Moreover, these kids are at risk of shirking their hospital appointments.

A Pilates Method (PM) program lasting for 13 weeks results in a decrease in ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and improvements in autonomic reflex responsiveness among women with hypertension, reports a recent study.

An observational study shows an association between adjunctive clindamycin and reduced odds of mortality in children with invasive Group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections.

A 5-day treatment course of tranexamic acid falls short of improving bleeding outcomes in contraceptive etonogestrel-implant users with frequent or prolonged bleeding, as reported in a study.