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Food allergy in infancy, regardless of whether it resolves, may affect lung development and contribute to poorer respiratory outcomes such as asthma and reduced lung function in childhood, as shown in a study.

In pregnant women with obesity, supplementation with multi-strain probiotics does not appear to have favourable effects on the metabolic or inflammatory biomarkers in mothers and on the body composition of their offspring, according to a study.

Individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to be at increased risk of being involved in cases of violence, such as intimate partner and sexual violence, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) helps reduce the risk of acute gastrointestinal toxicity, late genitourinary toxicity, and lower-extremity lymphedema (LEL) in patients with cervical cancer who underwent postoperative pelvic radiation therapy (PORT), a study has shown.

In patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), changes in the GLOBE score (ΔGLOBE) brought about by treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) are predictive of liver transplantation (LT)-free survival, reports a study.

In the exploratory analyses of the phase III ASCEMBL trial, individuals with chronic myeloid leukaemia in chronic phase (CML-CP) who have failed ≥2 prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) continued to achieve deep responses with asciminib, the first BCR::ABL1 inhibitor to Specifically Target the ABL Myristoyl Pocket (STAMP).

Young adults with memories of childhood maltreatment have a greater number of depressive or anxiety episodes in adulthood vs those with official court records but not memories of such maltreatment, a large longitudinal study has found.