News & Updates

Breast cancer patients see no excess risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD)-related mortality after radiotherapy (RT) treatment, according to a recent Singapore study.

High intake of starchy foods appears to aggravate the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in women, reports a recent Japan study.

Pelvic floor muscle exercises appear to exert favourable effects on urinary incontinence in men who have undergone prostate cancer surgery, according to a study.

The addition of ixazomib to cyclophosphamide-dexamethasone treatment does not seem to result in better survival and response rates in patients with newly diagnosed and relapsed multiple myeloma (MM), a recent study has found.

For patients with a history of cancer, exercising appears to lower the risk of contracting COVID-19 infection, according to a study.

Administering mifepristone and misoprostol in the emergency departments (EDs) appears to be effective, increasing the availability of early pregnancy loss medical management services to women during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, as shown in a study presented at the 2022 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

Use of beta-blockers results in a lower risk of all-cause mortality, but not of heart failure (HF) readmission, in older patients with HR with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), reports a recent study. Results are similar between patients admitted and not admitted from nursing homes.