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Most available drugs for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) demonstrate greater efficacy than placebo, but data are too heterogenous to determine a reliable therapeutic hierarchy.

Poor adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy remains an issue among patients with breast cancer. What can oncologists and patients do to improve long-term use?

A meta-analysis of studies on the two diabetes drugs shows stronger benefits with tirzepatide, with the caveat of some higher gastrointestinal effects with tirzepatide.

Nivolumab alone may offer equivalent clinical outcomes and lower toxicity than nivolumab plus ipilimumab in many advanced cancers other than melanoma, a new meta-analysis suggests.

However, an important take-home message from this new meta-analysis is that these widely used medications appeared to be safe even in acutely ill hospitalized patients, the researchers say.

Imaging catheters should be part of most coronary stent procedures and probably all complex cases, advocates say. Several new studies strengthen their case.

Campylobacter spp. is one of the four leading causes of diarrhoeal diseases worldwide, which are generally mild but can be fatal in children, the elderly, and immunosuppressed persons. The existing disease surveillance for Campylobacter infections is usually based on untimely clinical reports. Wastewater surveillance or wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been developed for the early warning of disease outbreaks and the detection of the emerging new variants of human pathogens, especially af...

Volunteers represent a global workforce equivalent to 61 million full-time workers. A significant decline in volunteering has highlighted the urgency to better understand and address turnover amongst volunteers. To address this, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of turnover amongst volunteers. We also examined whether staying or leaving has different predictors. The meta-analysis integrated and synthesized 117 studies, encompassing 1104 effect sizes across 55 335 volunteer worke...

At issue is whether patients with early RA should be temporarily treated with glucocorticoids in order to provide rapid relief.

More than 55% of men and 60% of women with schizophrenia suffer sexual dysfunction, with comorbid depression possibly playing a role.