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Dietary elimination with specific food trigger identification may be used in place of medical therapy for the treatment of adults with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), an immune-mediated inflammatory condition with tissue eosinophilia resulting in esophageal dysfunction, suggests a study.

Six-food elimination diet improves symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis

Modified Atkins diet helps control drug-resistant epilepsy

12 Jan 2023 by

Teen and adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy may benefit from modified Atkins diet, which has been shown in a recent study to produce improvements in seizure frequency, quality of life (QOL), and behavioural problems as compared with standard drug therapy.

Modified Atkins diet helps control drug-resistant epilepsy

12 Jan 2023

Mediterranean diet cuts risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes

Following a Mediterranean-style diet around the time of conception and throughout pregnancy helps prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a study.

Mediterranean diet cuts risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes

Daily wear contact lens users at greater risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Users of daily wear (DW) reusable contact lens (CL) have a more than threefold increased risk of developing Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) than those using daily disposable (DD) CL, a study has shown.

Daily wear contact lens users at greater risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Protocol-driven evaluation may improve drug allergy label accuracy

11 Jan 2023 by

A study in Singapore has found 75-percent inaccuracy in drug allergy labels among patients, indicating the importance of drug allergy evaluation in verifying these labels.

Protocol-driven evaluation may improve drug allergy label accuracy

Recent hyperglycaemia helps detect pancreatic cancer early

Pancreatic cancer may be identified early if assessment will be steered towards the point of recent hyperglycaemia based on elevated HbA1c, suggests a retrospective cohort study, noting that such early detection may then improve survival in cancer patients.

Recent hyperglycaemia helps detect pancreatic cancer early

11 Jan 2023

Meta-analysis: No link between PPI use and gastric cancer

Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy does not appear to put individuals who require gastric acid suppression at increased risk of gastric cancer, according to a study.

Meta-analysis: No link between PPI use and gastric cancer

11 Jan 2023

Exercise intensity differently affects coronary atherosclerosis progression

Vigorous intensity exercise helps slow the progression of coronary atherosclerosis, whereas very vigorous intensity exercise seems to be associated with greater progression, according to a study that involved male athletes.

Exercise intensity differently affects coronary atherosclerosis progression

Cirrhosis inpatients take more opioids, fewer nonopioid analgesics than noncirrhosis patients

Inpatients normally use analgesics for pain, with comparable rates between those with and without cirrhosis, according to a recent study. Patients with cirrhosis, especially decompensated ones, are less likely to use acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and more likely to use opioid analgesics.

Cirrhosis inpatients take more opioids, fewer nonopioid analgesics than noncirrhosis patients

Sodium acetate a safe, efficacious option for alkalinization in patients on high-dose MTX

10 Jan 2023 by

Intravenous (IV) sodium acetate is as efficacious and safe as IV sodium bicarbonate for urine alkalinization with high-dose methotrexate (MTX) and may be used as a substitute in case of shortage, suggests a retrospective study.

Sodium acetate a safe, efficacious option for alkalinization in patients on high-dose MTX