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Use of educational pamphlets alone and individualized counselling (IC) both lead to improved uptake of influenza vaccination, reports a Singapore study, noting that IC is not superior to pamphlets alone in increasing uptake.

Initiation of a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist at standard glycaemic control doses may result in modest weight loss through 72 weeks in patients with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes, suggest the results of a real-world study.

In women with postpartum hypertension, treatment with combined hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)/lisinopril yields greater blood pressure (BP)-lowering benefit than nifedipine monotherapy, according to the results of a pilot study.

A combination of trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) and bevacizumab provided significant survival benefit when used as third-line treatment for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) than FTD/TPI alone, findings from the phase III SUNLIGHT study suggest.

Treatment with intravitreal aflibercept in patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy but without centre-involved diabetic macular edema appears to slow disease progression and reduce the risk of developing vision-threatening complications but fall short of improving visual acuity, according to a study.

Outpatient oritavancin therapy appears to be more effective than inpatient standard-of-care (SoC) in reducing 30-day hospital readmissions or admissions among individuals with acute uncomplicated cellulitis, a recent study has shown.