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An international team led by researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has successfully developed world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) model that can detect Alzheimer’s disease (AD) solely through retinal photographs. 

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) shows that 1 hour of Tai Chi training per day, 5 days a week, significantly decreases the frequency of migraine attacks among Hong Kong Chinese women with episodic migraine.

Young breast cancer survivors could safely temporarily stop adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) to attempt pregnancy, according to primary results of the POSITIVE* trial presented at SABCS 2022.

Men who are receiving treatment with 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) are at increased risk of dementia in the immediate period after initiating treatment, a study has shown. Of note, both finasteride and dutasteride are associated with depression, but neither of them is linked to suicide.

Paediatric patients with acute myeloid leukaemia and other leukaemias (AML/OLs), especially those with persistent neutropaenia during the first 30 postoperative days, are at increased risk of early catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs), according to a Singapore study.

Dietary nitrate intake contributes to a lower risk of age-related macular disease, although this association seems to disappear when Mediterranean dietary patterns are taken into account, according to a study.