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People who follow a healthy eating pattern, such as the dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) or the healthful plant-based diet index (hPDI), have a lower risk of gastrointestinal cancers (GIC), suggests a study. These dietary patterns also appear to partly compensate for genetic predispositions to cancer.

Topical diclofenac does not appear to significantly improve functional outcome in acute musculoskeletal low back pain as compared with oral ibuprofen, with no added benefit when co-administered with oral ibuprofen, according to a study.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-29 February 2024 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

A retrospective cohort study of Chinese patients with left ventricular thrombus (LVT) in Hong Kong has shown that non–vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) may be an efficacious and safe alternative to warfarin.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) appear to have a moderately elevated risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a meta-analysis.

Cannabis users may be putting themselves at risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, with the risk increasing proportionately with the frequency of use.

Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ), a major side effect of using bone-modifying agents (BMA) for cancer or osteoporosis, normally manifests intraorally. However, some patients may have an extraoral manifestation of erythematous swelling or fistulas localized to the jaw area, according to a recent study.