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Eating almonds provides no prebiotic effect on foecal bifidobacteria abundance and does not induce major changes in other gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota, GI transit, pH, pressure, stool output, or gut symptoms in adults, a study has shown.

Smoking cessation appears to lower the risk of dementia as opposed to sustained smoking intensity, according to a study. However, cutting down on smoking may do more harm than good, as this approach is associated with a risk increase.

Among pregnant women who conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF), diminished ovarian reserve appears to contribute to a higher incidence of pre-eclampsia and multiple placental vascular lesions of foetal origin, as reported in a study.

Higher levels of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) derived from seafood contribute to a decreased risk of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a slower decline in renal function, as shown in a study. However, such association does not exist with plant-derived n-3 PUFAs.

Treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors appears to have the added benefit of reducing the incidence of obstructive airway disease (OAD) in Asian patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), as shown in a study from Hong Kong.

One-time ex-vivo gene therapy with betibeglogene autotemcel (beti-cel) reduces the need for transfusion in patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassaemia in an analysis of studies presented at ASH 2022.