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Registry-recorded antibiotic prescriptions beginning in later childhood were associated with IBS at age 24 in a Swedish cohort. Higher prescription counts accompanied higher odds, but the findings do not establish causality or when symptoms began.

A review of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease describes how growth and inflammation alter biologic drug exposure. Evidence supporting proactive monitoring is strongest for anti-TNF therapies, while pediatric targets for newer agents remain less certain.

A 67-year-old man with obesity and obesity-related liver disease underwent endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty after previous weight-loss approaches, including GLP-1 therapy, provided insufficient durability, ultimately reporting a weight loss exceeding 80 lb.

In a 48-participant randomized study, a prescribed high-fiber dietary intervention produced greater short-term improvements in BMI and HbA1c than metformin alone in adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and overweight or obesity.

A growing body of observational evidence links coffee consumption with lower risks of several cancers, particularly hepatocellular and endometrial cancer, but experts caution that current data do not justify prescribing coffee as a cancer-prevention strategy.

Extensively drug-resistant Shigella has increased in US surveillance, with sexual transmission emerging as an important route among some populations. Rising multidrug resistance may complicate treatment, although many infections remain self-limited.