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Currently in vogue, intermittent fasting (IF) – which switches between periods of eating and fasting – may not be as beneficial as many have thought.

COVID-19 reinfection doubles the risk of death and triples the risk of hospitalization, with post-acute sequelae in the pulmonary and extra-pulmonary organ systems, in a new study.

Treatment with HTD1801, an ionic salt of berberine and ursodeoxycholic acid with pleiotropic mechanisms of action, appears to substantially improve outcomes in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), according to a study.

To this day, diagnostic delay (DD) remains a problem since the first description of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) nearly 30 years ago, reveals a study. Notably, one-third of EoE patients suffer a persistently high DD of at least 10 years.

In patients who had undergone nonelective resection for colonic volvulus, frailty appears to worsen clinical outcomes, according to a recent study. Screening for frailty could help improve risk stratification and guide healthcare decision making.

Use of oral antimicrobial prophylaxis with a single oral dose of ornidazole 1 g as an adjunct to intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis results in lower rates of surgical site infection within 30 days following elective colorectal surgery than with placebo, results of a multicentre trial have shown.