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The COVID-19 pandemic has evidently affected the care and well-being of cancer patients, particularly those with advanced stages, reveals a recent study.

In Singapore, language and cultural barriers hinder migrant workers from accessing timely and accurate official information regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a new study.

A modified dual therapy as first-line treatment for H. pylori infection demonstrates equal efficacy and compliance relative to recommended regimens, reveals a study. Moreover, a generally modified dual therapy has fewer side effects.

Though promising, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptom checkers—online, patient-led triage systems—are unable to reliably distinguish mild from severe COVID-19 and may instead put the public and healthcare workers at greater risk of infection, according to a recent study.

Administrating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) through a helmet (h-CPAP) device safely improves oxygenation in women with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a recent study has found.

In immunocompetent patients admitted at a community hospital, comorbidities such as advanced gastric cancer and atrophic gastritis (AG), as well as treatment with proton pump inhibitors (PPI), seem to aggravate the risk of developing oesophageal candidiasis (EC), a recent study has found.