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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to wear mask to prevent the spread of the disease, but the increasing prevalence of masking has also resulted in a reduction in emergency department (ED) visits for other viral illnesses and exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a US study.

Gut-directed hypnotherapy appears to be as good as standard medical treatment in terms of reducing nausea symptoms in children with functional nausea or functional dyspepsia, according to a study.

Women who underwent hysterectomy at age <50 years appear to be at increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a study.

The combination immunotherapy of nivolumab (NIVO) and ipilimumab (IPI) continues to provide durable survival benefit over chemotherapy in the first-line setting in patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), despite the patients having been off immunotherapy for 1 year, according to the 3-year data from the CheckMate 743 trial presented at ESMO 2021.

In patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who require mechanical ventilation and deep sedation, the use of ketamine has a propofol- and vasopressor-sparing effect, as shown in a study.

A dietary pattern rich in long-chain n–3 fatty acids (LCn3) from marine foods or whole-grain cereals (WGCs) may substantially increase concentrations of plasma trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), results of a study have shown.