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Zinc supplementation appears to reduce the incidence of all-cause infections in young children with sickle cell anaemia, according to a study.

Maternal influenza vaccination appears to confer benefits to infants, having been associated with a reduced risk of infant influenza hospitalizations within a tropical setting, as shown in a retrospective study from Singapore.

Routine use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) after endoscopic band ligation (EBL) of esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis lacks sufficient evidence, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

A recent study suggests dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived visceral adipose tissue (VAT) may serve as a marker of accelerated biological ageing, independent of lifestyle and adiposity measures.

Use of the digital intervention BabyBreathe does not appear to significantly help pregnant women to continuously abstain from smoking postpartum when compared with usual care, a study has found.

In the treatment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, anifrolumab is associated with reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk compared with belimumab, as shown in a retrospective study.

In patients with serious mental illness (SMI), initiation of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) is associated with lower risks of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) vs sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, a large study has shown.