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The addition of serplulimab to chemotherapy in the first-line setting improved overall survival (OS) in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), according to results of the ASTRUM-005 trial.

Users of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications across age groups do not appear to be at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), although a modest risk increase of cardiac arrest or tachyarrhythmias could not be ruled out, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

Clinicians in Singapore and Hong Kong appear to delay the initiation of clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) despite familiarity with treatment guidelines, as reported in a study.

Oral ENT-01 safely and significantly improves constipation in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), results of a phase IIb study have shown.

There is no convincing benefit to consuming a bedtime snack for glycaemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) or prediabetes, according to the results of a systematic review.

In patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), maximum home blood pressure (BP) may be used as a potential marker of subsequent cardiovascular events, suggests a retrospective cohort study.

In a broad range of patients with HFrEF* and iron deficiency, the administration of IV ferric derisomaltose (FDI) was associated with a lower risk of recurrent hospitalization for heart failure (HHF) and cardiovascular (CV) death compared with standard of care (SoC), findings from the IRONMAN** trial have shown.

A recent meta-analysis has showed little evidence supporting the use of probiotics containing a combination of Lactobacillus acidophilus and L. bulgaricus for the treatment of diarrhoea.

Random histological sampling from the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) appears to hold low clinical relevance in patients who have undergone successful endoscopic eradication of all visible Barrett’s esophagus (BE), given that the incidence of intestinal metaplasia at the EGJ does not pose a higher risk of disease recurrence, according to a study.