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For individuals with obesity who are scheduled to undergo bariatric surgery, faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from a lean donor does not appear to help reduce weight before or after the procedure, according to a study.

In the longer-term follow-up of the phase III AUGMENT trial, the lenalidomide-rituximab (R2) combination trumped the rituximab-placebo regimen (control) for the treatment of relapsed/refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (R/R iNHL).

Exposure to dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers does not appear to put patients at increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer as compared with thiazide diuretics, as shown in a large study.

Discontinuation of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASIs) is associated with higher risks of cardiorenal complications and neutral risk of all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) are recruiting pregnant women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), their newborns and spouse for a study to investigate how early-life exposure influences gut microbiota and IBD risk in the offspring, and to develop novel treatments for the increasingly prevalent condition.

Rapidly maximizing medications in patients discharged from hospital following acute heart failure (AHF) reduced the risk of hospital readmission or death at 180 days, according to results of the STRONG-HF* trial presented at AHA 2022.