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Deucravacitinib in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: 12-week efficacy and safety results from 3 randomized phase 2 studies in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

D'Haens G, Danese S, Panaccione R et al. · 2025 · Journal of Crohn's & colitis

Background and aims Tyrosine kinase 2 is a downstream intracellular mediator of interleukin-23 signaling, which has a key role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Deucravacitinib is a novel, oral, selective, allosteric…

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Zuranolone in Major Depressive Disorder: Results From MOUNTAIN-A Phase 3, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Clayton AH, Lasser R, Nandy I et al. · 2023 · The Journal of clinical psychiatry

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of zuranolone, an investigational neuroactive steroid and GABA A receptor positive allosteric modulator, in major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods: The phase 3, double-blind, randomized,…

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Stereotactic radiosurgery versus whole-brain radiotherapy in patients with 4-10 brain metastases: A nonrandomized controlled trial.

Bodensohn R, Kaempfel AL, Boulesteix AL et al. · 2023 · Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

Background and purpose There is no randomized evidence comparing whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the treatment of multiple brain metastases. This prospective nonrandomized controlled single arm trial…

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Hippocampal Avoidance During Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer: Randomized Phase II/III Trial NRG-CC003.

Gondi V, Pugh SL, Mehta MP et al. · 2025 · Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Purpose Hippocampal avoidance (HA) during therapeutic whole-brain radiotherapy reduces the risk of neurocognitive function (NCF) toxicity in patients with brain metastasis. This trial hypothesized that HA during prophylactic cranial…

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Pharmaceutical-induced behavioural changes in freshwater species and mesocosm insights into potential population-level consequences.

Versteegen E, Wang A, Wang X et al. · 2025 · Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Pharmaceutical contamination in aquatic environments, particularly from neuroactive drugs like antidepressants, potentially affects the behaviour of non-target organisms due to their effects on conserved neuroendocrine systems. Behavioural…

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Ruminal degradation kinetics of mombasa and elephant grass silages as affected by fibrolyitc enzymes and regrowth ages.

de Lima Cruz GF, Pereira OG, Alves WS et al. · 2025 · Tropical animal health and production

Tropical grasses are widely used for silage, but their high fiber content and variable quality often limit ruminal degradation and animal performance. Strategies such as optimizing regrowth age (RA) and applying fibrolytic enzymes may help…

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A Comparison of Intravenous and Oral Transmucosal Administration of Pentobarbital Sodium for Humane Euthanasia in White Leghorn Chickens (<i>Gallus gallus domesticus</i>).

Masri A, Tully TN, Como K et al. · 2025 · Journal of avian medicine and surgery

Euthanasia is a common veterinary medical procedure performed on terminally ill backyard chickens ( Gallus gallus domesticus ). To reduce stress for these animals, it is important to develop a euthanasia protocol that provides a rapid and…

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Effect of Human-Derived Collagen Injection on Clinical and Structural Outcomes after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.

Lee JH, Hwang K, Jeong WK · 2026 · Clinics in orthopedic surgery

Background Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is widely performed; yet tendon healing failure still occurs in some cases and remains a challenge. To address this issue, several studies have investigated intraoperative injection or patch…

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Stem migration and bone density at ten years : a randomized radiostereometry and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry study on a short uncemented hip stem with and without a collar.

Daudi S, Zampelis V, Belfrage O et al. · 2025 · The bone & joint journal

Aims Short, uncemented hip stems might provide a favourable alternative in total hip arthroplasty (THA) by preserving proximal bone mass through reduced strain-adaptive remodelling. We evaluated and compared the migration and…

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Short-term effects of group-based nutritional education on nutritional adherence and glycaemic control in outpatients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised clinical trial.

Busanello A, Koller OG, Menezes VM et al. · 2025 · The British journal of nutrition

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of incorporating group-based nutritional education into usual care on adherence to nutritional counselling among outpatients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This parallel-group,…

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Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy outcomes are comparable in patients with synovitis treated by synovectomy and those without synovitis.

Williams KG, Constantine EP, Whitney KE et al. · 2026 · Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA

Purpose To determine whether patients undergoing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) with synovitis treated by synovectomy exhibit similar outcomes to those without synovitis after 24-month follow-up. Methods A total of 181 patients…

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The Effects of a Bacopa monnieri Extract (Bacumen<sup>®</sup>) on Cognition, Stress, and Fatigue in Healthy Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Lopresti AL, Smith SJ · 2025 · Clinical drug investigation

Background and objectives Bacopa monnieri is a plant used in Ayurvedic medicine with traditional uses for memory and cognitive function. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of supplementation with a Bacopa monnieri…

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