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Use of traditional plaster casting is not better than functional bracing in adults with an ankle fracture, a recent study has found. Olerud Molander ankle scores are comparable between the two intervention arms at week 16.

Plaster cast not superior to removable brace for ankle fractures in adults

Pharmacists in nephrology clinics improve empagliflozin use in DKD patients

Inclusion of clinical pharmacists within an interprofessional nephrology clinic for the initiation and monitoring of empagliflozin in diabetic kidney disease (DKD) patients produces clinical benefits with minimal safety concerns, a recent study has shown.

Pharmacists in nephrology clinics improve empagliflozin use in DKD patients

Multiple barriers prevent delivery of optimal primary postpartum care in Singapore

Various factors such as prior training, childcare experience, and access to resource materials affect the primary care physicians’ (PCP) ability to deliver optimal postpartum care, according to a recent Singapore study.

Multiple barriers prevent delivery of optimal primary postpartum care in Singapore

Semaglutide helps shed tongue fat in women with obesity

Use of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist semaglutide in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and obesity works to reduce fat accumulation in the tongue, a study has shown.

Semaglutide helps shed tongue fat in women with obesity

SUSTAIN FORTE reinforces semaglutide 2.0 mg for poorly controlled T2D

The investigational 2.0-mg dose of semaglutide provided greater reductions in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and body weight than semaglutide 1.0 mg in the phase IIIb SUSTAIN FORTE trial.

SUSTAIN FORTE reinforces semaglutide 2.0 mg for poorly controlled T2D

Induction with budesonide does little to speed up mucosal healing in coeliac disease

Induction therapy with budesonide in coeliac disease patients, who are concurrently initiated on a gluten-free diet, exerts no significant effect on mucosal healing, a study has found.

Induction with budesonide does little to speed up mucosal healing in coeliac disease

Metabolic risk calculator predicts cardiometabolic risk in young adults with psychosis

Experts in the UK have recently developed an age-appropriate algorithm for predicting the risk of incident metabolic syndrome, a precursor of cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality, in young adults with psychosis.

Metabolic risk calculator predicts cardiometabolic risk in young adults with psychosis

JUPITER-02: Toripalimab plus chemo delays NPC progression

08 Jul 2021 by

Toripalimab added to chemotherapy in the first-line setting delayed disease progression in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (R/M NPC), according to results from the phase III JUPITER-02 trial presented at ASCO 2021.

JUPITER-02: Toripalimab plus chemo delays NPC progression

Drainage of suprachoroidal haemorrhage effective even without vitrectomy

While suprachoroidal haemorrhage is a condition known for having generally poor prognoses, SCH drainage, with or without accompanying vitrectomy, seems to help improve outcomes, a recent study has found.

Drainage of suprachoroidal haemorrhage effective even without vitrectomy

Antiseizure pill offers hope for people with alcohol use disorder

08 Jul 2021 by

The antiseizure medication topiramate appears to reduce heavy drinking in individuals with alcohol use disorder by attenuating alcohol cue-elicited brain activation and craving, as shown in a recent study.

Antiseizure pill offers hope for people with alcohol use disorder