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Patients with Crohn’s disease who underwent early ileal resection are not at increased risk of a repeat resection, according to a retrospective study.

Among South Asian adults, a culturally adapted, group-based lifestyle intervention does not appear to result in greater improvements in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors as compared with written health education materials, according to the SAHELI study.

For young children with an upper respiratory tract infection, also known as common cold, treatment with hypertonic saline nasal drops is safe and beneficial, shortening recovery time by 2 days and, in turn, reducing household spread of the disease, according to the results of the ELVIS-Kids trial.

Eating nuts appears to confer some benefits on a person’s body fat distribution and gut microbiota diversity and taxonomy, suggest the results a recent study.

Exercise offers some advantages during pregnancy, but many pregnant women in Singapore do not engage in any physical activity (PA). A recent study has shown a low uptake of PA by pregnant women in the country, with most of the participants failing to meet the international recommendations.

The SCOFF* trial presented at ESC 2024 shows that fasting is not necessary prior to cardiac catheterization procedures requiring conscious sedation.

A nurse-supported, self-directed cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi) appears to reduce insomnia severity and improve sleep outcomes among veterans with sleep difficulties, according to a study.

Hong Kong has become the first in Asia to introduce histotripsy – a nonthermal, nonionizing, noninvasive, focused ultrasound technique that induces cavitation and mechanical destruction of tissue at a focal point – for treatment of liver tumours in clinical trials.

Treatment with dupilumab reduced airway mucus plug scores and volume in patients with uncontrolled, moderate-to-severe asthma, according to the phase IV VESTIGE trial presented at ERS 2024.