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Mortality for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is higher for women, but they tend to have better outcomes for other aetiologies of chest pain compared with men, a study has shown.

For patients with stage III or IV melanoma, treatment with pembrolizumab both before and after surgical resection leads to longer event-free survival than treatment with pembrolizumab only after the procedure, according to the results of a phase II study.

Clinicians must be aware of the likelihood of infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the presence of fissures, haemorrhagic crusts, linear erosions, erosions with angulated margins, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate among patients with pemphigus vulgaris, suggests a study.

Vitamin D may offer brain boosting benefits, with a large study providing evidence that vitamin D supplementation exerts some effect in the prevention of dementia.

Greater dietary intake of allium vegetables, particularly garlic, provides a protective benefit against the development of gastric cancer (GC), suggests a study. This association is independent from vitamin or garlic supplementation.