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Physicians in a tertiary paediatric specialist hospital in Singapore report gaps in their nutritional knowledge, particularly regarding special diet, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and gastrointestinal allergy, according to a recent study.

People who adhere to a vegetarian diet appear to be at lower risk of insomnia, reports a study. However, sex-specific associations between adherence to a healthful plant-based index (hPDI) and insomnia risk may exist.

High diet quality and fish and vegetable intake in early life were associated with a reduced risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a pooled analysis suggests.

Adding bevacizumab to an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) improves overall survival (OS) in adult patients with EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and leptomeningeal metastases (LMs), according to a single-centre, retrospective, real-world study in China. OS was, however, similar between patients on chemotherapy plus EGFR-TKI and those on EGFR-TKI monotherapy.

Clinical outcomes within 1 year of MR-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy (MRgSBRT) with rectal spacer for patients with localized prostate cancer (PC) show excellent tolerability, minimal gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity as well as improved rectal sparing and target coverage vs a non-spacer comparison cohort.

Use of antidepressant medication may lead to improvements in some areas of cognitive function, such as memory and learning, in individuals with late-life depression (LLD), a study has shown.

Use of dupilumab results in normalization of stratum corneum (SC) lipids, which is responsible for skin barrier function, in children with atopic dermatitis (AD) within 1 to 2 months of treatment, according to a study presented at AAAAI 2024.