CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this randomized clinical trial, treatment with Guang Jing significantly increased the expulsion of 5- to 10-mm ureteral stones by day 28, with a favorable safety profile. These findings suggest that Guang Jing may be an additional medical expulsive therapy option for appropriately selected patients. →

Contrast heat-cold showering is popular for recovery, but multisystem evidence and persistence after cessation remain unclear. To evaluate whether a 4-week post-training contrast heat-cold shower intervention produces an integrated recovery profile across four domains (autonomic, endocrine, perceptual, and microvascular) rather than testing a single isolated physiological pathway, across baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1), and 2-week wash-out… →

BACKGROUND: Burnout and mental distress among nurses are global public health epidemics that adversely affect nurse well-being and healthcare quality. Evidence-based, scalable mental health interventions are urgently needed. →

ObjectiveThe study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a multimodal intervention on urodynamic outcomes, urinary incontinence severity, and pelvic floor muscle strength in individuals with overactive bladder after incomplete spinal cord injury.MethodsA single-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted on 74 male participants diagnosed with overactive bladder and incomplete spinal cord injury. Participants were randomly assigned… →

CONCLUSIONS: The absence of significant improvement over 2 decades for many patients is alarming and highlights the limitations of current treatment approaches in modifying the functional course of these patients. →

CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with AHF, 24-h istaroxime infusion was associated with a significantly higher probability of dyspnea improvement compared with placebo through 24 h, with results being numerically more pronounced among patients with worse dyspnea at baseline. →

CONCLUSIONS: In this exploratory phase II trial, a multidisciplinary, mHealth-based multimodal rehabilitation program was associated with better preservation of handgrip strength, muscle mass, and nutritional status, as well as lower rates of certain treatment toxicities, compared with SC. However, definitive conclusions are limited by the open-label design, heterogeneity of tumor types, and short follow-up. Larger,… →

CONCLUSIONS: Perioperative multistrain probiotics significantly enhanced CT-based bone mineralization at 12 weeks, while exploratory secondary findings suggested earlier functional recovery and improved radiographic healing. These findings warrant further evaluation of probiotics as a potential adjunct to standard fracture care. →

Molecular residual disease (MRD), detected through circulating tumor DNA, has emerged as a promising biomarker for surveillance in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following curative-intent resection. Here we report the MRD analysis from the phase 3 EVIDENCE trial, which includes patients with stage II-IIIA resected EGFR-mutated NSCLC who have received either adjuvant… →