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A recent study has revealed that curcumin exerts favourable effects on the lipid profile, with its intake helping lower levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) with resin yttrium-90 microspheres followed by standard chemotherapy is feasible and effective in patients with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), a phase II single-arm study in Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand has shown.

Children conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART) showed similar asthma outcomes but had a higher risk of allergies and slightly altered lung function compared with those who were born after spontaneous conception, according to a study presented at ESHRE 2022.

Older adults with better psychological resilience show better walking-related outcomes after hip fracture, reports a recent study.

Daily intake of the oral contraceptive pill that combines estetrol (E4) and drospirenone (DRSP) appears to be highly effective across subgroups defined by age, contraceptive history, and body mass index (BMI), according to pooled data from two pivotal phase III trials.

The tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) antagonist therapies adalimumab and infliximab are more effective than vedolizumab and ustekinumab in achieving endoscopic healing (EH) at 1 year among patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease (CD), a recent study has shown.

The extent of extravalvular cardiac damage at baseline and its change at 1 year provide significant prognostic implications in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR), suggests a study.