CONCLUSION: Multi-strain probiotic supplementation did not enhance the metabolic efficacy of metformin in women with elevated HOMA-IR but significantly alleviated GI side effects. Probiotic co-administration may therefore improve tolerability and adherence to metformin therapy. →

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with fixed-field IMRT, HT provided superior dose distribution to the PTVs while maintaining a comparable incidence of RP in patients undergoing thoracic radiotherapy. →

CONCLUSION: Our findings can guide future efforts to implement and sustain patient navigation programs for follow-up colonoscopy after abnormal FIT testing in community-based settings. →

CONCLUSIONS: Anodal tDCS over the left frontal eye field did not significantly affect gross oculomotor metrics but did modulate fixational saccade dynamics. These findings suggest that miniature eye movements may be more sensitive to neuromodulation than overt saccades, highlighting their potential as biomarkers for cortical excitability. Further research is needed to explore these effects in… →

CONCLUSIONS: The sequence of testing of associated and dissociated techniques did not influence outcomes. Additionally, when the testing sequence was kept consistent between the first and third study visits, there were no statistically significant differences in accommodative and vergence function measures obtained with investigated methods. The generally high variability of some measurements across sessions suggests… →

CONCLUSIONS: This was an underpowered trial, but SCRAM did not lead to a clinically important difference in VO2max compared to usual cardiac care. SCRAM was resilient to COVID-19-related disruptions that significantly impacted the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation and supervised exercise training in particular. Further research is needed to conclusively assess treatment effects and understand how… →

CONCLUSIONS: This low-intensity, fully self-guided, smartphone-based meditation program demonstrated good feasibility, as reflected by high adherence and relatively low attrition. Between-group effects were limited; therefore, the findings should be interpreted as preliminary and do not support strong causal claims of intervention superiority. Clinical significance remains unclear in this nonclinical sample and should be evaluated in… →

CONCLUSIONS: While students appreciated the inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI), unstructured LLM use did not improve performance and may have disrupted the group reasoning. The use of non-English prompting likely contributed to lower AI performance, underscoring the importance of language alignment in LLM applications. This pilot study highlights the need for structured AI integration and… →