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Gut Microbiome Predicts Response to Diabetes Drugs

Importantly, baseline gut microbiome profiles predicted changes in glycohaemoglobin among users of both therapies.

Adult with bronchial asthma using a nebulizer during a telemedicine video visit on a laptop at home

Telemedicine in Bronchial Asthma Improves Control and Quality of Life

Telemedicine in bronchial asthma improved asthma control, especially using telemonitoring, education, or combined support programs.

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TrumpRx: Guidance on DTC sales issued to industry

The Office of Inspector General’s bulletin provides a framework for pharma companies selling prescription drugs direct-to-consumers (DTC).

More Time Outdoors Linked to Higher Testosterone Levels in Men

Spending more time outdoors was linked to higher testosterone levels and lower odds of low testosterone in adult men, independent of lifestyle and metabolic factors.

AI Predicts Antidepressant Treatment Response with 97% Accuracy

Patients who responded to treatment showed increased Beta2 power, enhanced high-frequency functional connectivity, and dominant engagement of frontal brain networks.

Gut microbiota dysbiosis in the colon linked to colorectal cancer risk and screening biomarkers

Can Gut Microbiota Improve Colorectal Screening?

Gut microbiota dysbiosis may shape colorectal cancer risk, with microbial signatures emerging as non-invasive screening biomarkers.

Dasatinib Enhances Immune Activation in Philadelphia Leukaemia

Dasatinib plus blinatumomab demonstrated greater and sustained immune activation than ponatinib combinations in Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, with marked effects on lymphocytes and natural killer cells.

Lactate Clearance Helps Predict Massive Transfusion in GI Bleeding

New real-world data suggest early lactate clearance can predict massive transfusion needs in upper gastrointestinal bleeding, improving early risk stratification when combined with the Glasgow-Blatchford score.

Older adult undergoing respiratory assessment, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, ACE inhibitor use and mortality outcomes

ACE Inhibitor Use Linked to Lower IPF Mortality

In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, ACE inhibitor use was associated with lower all-cause mortality in propensity matched EHR cohorts.

Nursery Life Reshapes the Infant Microbiome

Babies rapidly share gut microbes at nursery, with peer contact shaping the infant microbiome as strongly as family by the first year of life.