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Growing up on a farm appears to confer a reduced risk of developing allergic rhinitis in children, with the protective effect of farm living being set until school age and sustained through early adulthood.

In the treatment of patients with luminal Crohn’s disease and multiple prior drug failures, risankizumab induces clinical response in about three out of four patients and steroid-free clinical remission in about half, according to a study.

Oseltamivir appears to have similar efficacy as peramivir in the treatment of young children with severe influenza B, a study has found. However, oseltamivir treatment leads to better recovery and shorter hospitalization in children with severe influenza A.

The AKT inhibitor capivasertib, when added to fulvestrant, doubled progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with aromatase inhibitor (AI)-resistant hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/HER2*-negative (HER2–) advanced breast cancer (ABC), results of the phase III CAPItello-291 trial showed.

Increased plasma levels of total and individual omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) appear to be associated with higher large artery elasticity (LAE) among persons free of baseline cardiovascular disease (CVD), results of a multi-ethnic study have shown.

A smartphone-based self-management intervention may reduce relapse risk and manic symptom severity for patients with bipolar disorder in asymptomatic recovery, a randomized clinical trial has shown.