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Stroke patients benefit from the combination of early enteral nutrition (EEN) with probiotics, leading to lower rates of infections and gastrointestinal complications, as well as better nutritional profiles and clinical outcomes, reports a recent meta-analysis.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)’s Suicide Prevention Early Warning System issued a “crisis level” alert in March 2022, with those over 65 years of age at the highest risk.

Neoadjuvant treatment with nivolumab appears to induce a major pathologic response in selected patients with resectable gastric cancer, in addition to having an acceptable safety profile, according to the results of a phase I trial.

Poor sleep quality is common among couples undergoing fertility treatment and may be a contributing factor for psychological distress and negative pregnancy outcomes, a recent study has found.

In healthy individuals, higher levels of physical activity seem to correlate with lower insulin resistance independently of waist circumference, a recent Korea study has found.

Actively treating even mild hypertension to a target blood pressure (BP) of <140/90 mm Hg in pregnant women significantly lowers the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes without apparent harm to the foetus compared with a strategy of reserving treatment to only when hypertension becomes severe (≥160/105 mm Hg), according to the CHAP* study presented at ACC 2022.