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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.

In the treatment of adolescents with moderate or severe major depressive disorder, adding bright light therapy to psychiatric inpatient treatment as usual falls short of significantly reducing depressive symptoms when compared with placebo, as shown in a study.

In highly viraemic pregnant women with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), stopping peripartum prophylaxis (PP) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) immediately after delivery does not increase the risk of relapse or retreatment vs TDF cessation at ≥4 weeks postpartum. Early withdrawal of PP-TDF, combined with standard neonatal immunization schemes, is 100 percent effective in preventing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT).

Bloodstream infections rarely occur in children hospitalized for influenza but are associated with intensive care unit (ICU) admission, mechanical ventilation, longer hospital stay, and higher in-hospital mortality, according to a study.