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The Lancet: Published on September, 2022A
promising malaria vaccine was up to 80% effective at preventing the disease in
young children who received a booster shot at one year following a primary
three-dose regime maintained high efficacy against malaria, and continued to
meet the World Health Organization’s Malaria Vaccine Technology Roadmap g...
Journal of the American
Heart Association (AHA): Published on November, 2022Sleep, alongside diet and physical activity (PA), is one of
the 3 pillars of health, but unlike other health behaviors, healthy sleep is
not included in the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
(AHA) cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guideline...
Nature Medicine: Published on November, 2022Obesity is a chronic, relapsing
disease with a substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden. Drug
interventions for the treatment of obesity provide a potential valuable adjunct
to lifestyle interventions, which often achieve only limited weight loss that
is difficult to maintain. Semagluti...
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM): Published
On October, 2022Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), causing
substantial burden from hepatic and extrahepatic complications.TAKE-HOME MESSAGEThis review discusses practical
approaches to the management of patients wit...
Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Published on December,
2022Healthy dietary patterns are rich
in micronutrients, but their influence on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks
has not been systematically quantified.The goal of this study was to
provide a comprehensive and most up-to-date evidence-based map that
systematically quantifi...
MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE: Published on November, 2022A Systematic Review and
Meta-AnalysisEndometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent disease that
affects 10-15% of women in their reproductive age. It is characterized by the
presence of endometriallike tissues outside the uterine cavity that induce
chronic inflammation, ovarian...
Journal of Clinical
Medicine: Published
on November 2022Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease of multifactorial
origin, characterized by periods of exacerbation and remission. The main etiological factors for the disease include
gram-negative anaerobic bacteria and a variety of facultative bacteria that
reside in the subgingival biofilm.Var...
JAMA Pediatrics: Published on November 2022A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisTAKE-HOME MESSAGEAre shorter courses of
antibiotics as good as longer courses?This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed whether
shorter courses of antibiotics are noninferior to longer courses of antibiotics
for nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in...
JAMA Pediatrics: Published on November 2022A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisTAKE-HOME MESSAGEAre shorter courses of
antibiotics as good as longer courses?This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed whether
shorter courses of antibiotics are noninferior to longer courses of antibiotics
for nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in...
Diabetes Care: Published on December 2022With the numbers of people with
type 2 diabetes rising worldwide, dietary modifications provide an essential
therapeutic approach for blood glucose, weight, and cardiovascular risk-factor
management. Intermittent fasting (IF) has
emerged as an alternative to classic daily caloric reduction. The approache...
The Lancet: Published on January, 2023The appropriate duration of
postoperative antibiotics for complex appendicitis is unclear. The increasing
global threat of antimicrobial resistance warrants restrictive antibiotic use,
which could also reduce side-effects, length of hospital stay, and costs.TAKE-HOME MESSAGEThis pragmatic, open-label,
rando...
ACP Journals: Annals of Internal Medicine: Published
on February 2023In this systematic review and
meta-analysis, the authors assessed whether vitamin D administration decreases
the risk for diabetes in individuals with prediabetes. TAKE-HOME MESSAGECombining data from three
randomized trials, the authors demonstrated that vitamin D reduced the...
