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Adopting a low-microbial, protective (neutropenic) diet offers no clear benefit to patients following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in a study described as the first to investigate the role of neutropenic diet post-HSCT.

The use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) during early pregnancy does not appear to put infants at increased risk of congenital malformations, as reported in a study. However, there seems to be a small risk increase for major congenital malformations and congenital heart defects.

An ergonomic, spill-proof cup that regulates the flow rate and reduce patients’ head tilt when drinking effectively reduces aspiration risk and increases fluid intake among its older adult users.

Exposure to the Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors tofacitinib and upadacitinib, as well as to JAK inhibitors as a class, appears to put individuals at increased risk of developing herpes zoster infection, with the risk increasing at higher doses, as reported in a study.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) screening strategies, particularly vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) and fibrosis-4 (FIB-4), are a cost-effective approach to reduce disease burden among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in Singapore, according to a study.

Dietary elimination with specific food trigger identification may be used in place of medical therapy for the treatment of adults with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), an immune-mediated inflammatory condition with tissue eosinophilia resulting in esophageal dysfunction, suggests a study.