News & Updates

Drinking coffee and tea, separately or in combination, seems to help protect against the risk of stroke or dementia, according to a recent study.

Daily intake of red ginseng and herbal extract complex (RHC) is safe for the management of menopausal pain, a new study has found.

Working out can bring relief to patients with primary headaches, with aerobic and strength training beneficial in migraine or tension-type headache (TTH), respectively, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

The combination of the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody sintilimab with the bevacizumab biosimilar IBI305 and pemetrexed and cisplatin chemotherapy improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with EGFR*-mutated (EGFRm) non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to interim analysis results of the phase III ORIENT-31 trial from China.

In Singapore, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has imposed a heavy financial burden on hospitals, driven mostly by the setting up of facilities and procurement of patient-care supplies, a new study has found.

Patients with hyperlipidemia who take their statin medication as prescribed appear to do well, with treatment adherence conferring significant protection against the risk of ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes, as reported in a study.

The DESKTOP* III trial has shown that patients whose ovarian cancer recurs have better overall survival (OS) following secondary cytoreductive surgery plus platinum-based chemotherapy compared with a platinum-based chemotherapy regimen alone.