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Stroke patients with NSAID allergy labels have poorer treatment outcomes

12 Feb 2025 by

Stroke patients with NSAID allergy labels have significantly higher mortality, peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) than those not labelled with NSAID allergies, and the rate of mislabelled NSAID allergy is high, a study by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has found.

Stroke patients with NSAID allergy labels have poorer treatment outcomes

12 Feb 2025

Study sheds light on economic impact of T2D complications in HK

12 Feb 2025 by

In Hong Kong Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), the highest incremental healthcare costs are incurred during the year when either lower extremity amputation (LEA), haemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke or end-stage renal disease (ESRD) occur, a recent study has found.

Study sheds light on economic impact of T2D complications in HK

12 Feb 2025

Abelacimab outperforms rivaroxaban for AF patients at risk of stroke

11 Feb 2025

In the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and moderate-to-high risk of stroke, abelacimab appears more beneficial than rivaroxaban, having been associated with lower free factor XI levels and fewer bleeding events in the phase IIB AZALEA–TIMI 71 study.

Abelacimab outperforms rivaroxaban for AF patients at risk of stroke

11 Feb 2025

SGLT2i/DPP4i fixed-dose combination in a young patient with T2D and stage 4 CKD

05 Feb 2025 by

A 36-year-old male with young-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, and stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) presented on 31 March 2023. He was an ex-smoker of 15 years and an ex-drinker, with a family history of diabetes, hypertension, and familial hypercholesterolaemia.

SGLT2i/DPP4i fixed-dose combination in a young patient with T2D and stage 4 CKD

05 Feb 2025

Decades of daily incense use may culminate in limb-threatening condition

04 Feb 2025 by

Burning incense in the home every day for decades appears to have deleterious consequences, with a Singapore study linking this practice to a heightened risk of chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI), the most severe form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

Decades of daily incense use may culminate in limb-threatening condition

04 Feb 2025

CKM syndrome screening key to addressing its growing challenges

03 Feb 2025 by

Screening to facilitate early detection and interdisciplinary management is key to incorporating the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) health framework into Hong Kong’s healthcare system in order to address the growing challenges of CKM syndrome.

CKM syndrome screening key to addressing its growing challenges

03 Feb 2025

Use of an oral ACL inhibitor in two diabetic patients with hypercholesterolaemia and high/very high CV risk

03 Feb 2025 by

A 62-year-old nonsmoking Chinese man with metabolic syndrome (MES; hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolaemia) and mild hyperuricaemia presented with type 2 diabetes (T2D; HbA_1c, 8.4 percent) in October 2018. His only baseline medication was candesartan 8 mg QD.

Use of an oral ACL inhibitor in two diabetic patients with hypercholesterolaemia and high/very high CV risk

03 Feb 2025

COVID-linked MIS-C outcomes reassuring at 6 months

31 Jan 2025 by

Children and young adults with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) related to COVID-19 infection show good cardiovascular and noncardiovascular outcomes at 6 months, according to data from the long-term MUSIC study.

COVID-linked MIS-C outcomes reassuring at 6 months

31 Jan 2025

CKD predicts cardiac, cerebral events risk in patients with chronic coronary syndrome

28 Jan 2025

Among patients with chronic coronary syndrome, those with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at baseline are at increased risk of major adverse cardiac and cerebral events (MACCE), according to data from the REAL‐CAD* study.

CKD predicts cardiac, cerebral events risk in patients with chronic coronary syndrome

28 Jan 2025

Early menarche predicts hypertension in premenopausal women

28 Jan 2025

Early menarche is significantly associated with a higher chance of developing hypertension, specifically in women of reproductive age, suggests a study.

Early menarche predicts hypertension in premenopausal women

28 Jan 2025

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Stroke patients with NSAID allergy labels have poorer treatment outcomes

Stroke patients with NSAID allergy labels have poorer treatment outcomes

Study sheds light on economic impact of T2D complications in HK

Study sheds light on economic impact of T2D complications in HK

Abelacimab outperforms rivaroxaban for AF patients at risk of stroke

Abelacimab outperforms rivaroxaban for AF patients at risk of stroke

SGLT2i/DPP4i fixed-dose combination in a young patient with T2D and stage 4 CKD

SGLT2i/DPP4i fixed-dose combination in a young patient with T2D and stage 4 CKD

Decades of daily incense use may culminate in limb-threatening condition

Decades of daily incense use may culminate in limb-threatening condition

CKM syndrome screening key to addressing its growing challenges

CKM syndrome screening key to addressing its growing challenges

Use of an oral ACL inhibitor in two diabetic patients with hypercholesterolaemia and high/very high CV risk

Use of an oral ACL inhibitor in two diabetic patients with hypercholesterolaemia and high/very high CV risk

COVID-linked MIS-C outcomes reassuring at 6 months

COVID-linked MIS-C outcomes reassuring at 6 months

CKD predicts cardiac, cerebral events risk in patients with chronic coronary syndrome

CKD predicts cardiac, cerebral events risk in patients with chronic coronary syndrome

Early menarche predicts hypertension in premenopausal women

Early menarche predicts hypertension in premenopausal women