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Expectant mothers who use the antiseizure medication levetiracetam as monotherapy do not appear to have increased overall risk of major birth defects or miscarriage, as reported in a study.

In cirrhosis patients with acute variceal bleeding (AVB), treatment with terlipressin for a single day yields similar rebleeding and mortality rates as 3-day treatment following endoscopic haemostasis, while having an overall superior safety profile, according to a study.

Once-daily treatment with linaclotide, a guanylate cyclase C agonist, significantly improved the frequency of spontaneous bowel movements (SBMs) in paediatric patients with functional constipation, according to a recent study.

The probiotic strain Bifidobacterium breve (Bif195), when co-administered with aspirin, appears to mitigate stomach injury caused by aspirin, according to the results of a randomized crossover trial.

Tacrolimus appears to be more effective than cyclosporine in improving patient and graft survival after liver transplantation (LT) for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), results of a study have shown.