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Levels of several human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), such as 2’-fucosyllactose (2’FL) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), appear to correlate with measures of growth in breastfed infants, according to a recent Philippine study.

Dental caries develop more often among adolescents with internet addiction (IA), an effect driven partly by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, a recent Japan study has found.

Treatment with fenfluramine produces sustained reductions in drop seizure frequency, especially generalized tonic-clonic seizures, in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), according to the results of an open-label extension trial.

Trabectedin falls short of meeting the prespecified antitumour activity criteria in patients with advanced ovarian (OC) or uterine carcinosarcoma (UC), according to the results of a phase II trial. However, there appears to be a modest clinical benefit in a group of heavily pretreated patients.

Rivaroxaban reduces radial artery occlusion rate, without significantly increasing bleeds, in patients undergoing transradial coronary procedures in the RIVARAD study.

Patients show significant functional improvements following a psychiatrist-led postoperative hip fracture inpatient rehabilitation program in an acute hospital (AH), reports a Singapore study. In addition, the program boasts of a high discharge-to-home rate and low in-hospital mortality.

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who have gained or lost weight over 18 months, particularly a ≥5-percent change in weight, are probably at an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, suggests a study.