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Consuming high amounts of ultraprocessed food (UPF) during early childhood is associated with obesity development, particularly in males, according to a Canadian study.

Exclusion diet appears to be safe and effective for inducing and maintaining remission in children with mild-to-moderate Crohn’s disease (CD), as shown in a small, single-centre study.

Initiating antihypertensive treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), or a calcium channel blocker (CCB) results in a comparable risk for myocardial infarction (MI), acute coronary syndrome (ACS), heart failure (HF), or stroke when compared with thiazides, reports a study. On the other hand, use of beta-blockers (BBs) tends to increase such risk.

Some cancer patients with acute oncology-related presentations at the emergency department (ED) can be managed at ambulatory clinics, suggests a Singapore study.

A contact X-ray brachytherapy (CXB) dose escalation enhances the organ preservation (OP) rate of patients with early rectal adenocarcinoma, with good bowel function at 3 years, results of the OPERA trial have shown. This benefit persists at year 5, particularly in those with small early-stage tumours.

A retrospective cohort study has shown that short first-line treatments with therapist-guided, internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) yield comparable outcomes as face-to-face CBT.

In the treatment of patients with nonsevere influenza virus infection, baloxavir may reduce the risk of hospital admission and shorten the time to symptom relief, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.