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We may think older folks have better self control and are thus able to avoid being victims of addiction, but it isn't always the case.

27 Apr 2022 by

While substance abuse is often perceived to be a problem of the young and reckless, it cannot be further from the truth. According to addiction psychiatrist Dr Parameswaran Ramasamy, one can become addicted to substances at any stage of life.

We may think older folks have better self control and are thus able to avoid being victims of addiction, but it isn't always the case.

27 Apr 2022

Intensified systemic therapy with ADT improves outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer

27 Apr 2022

In patients with high-risk or unfavourable nonmetastatic prostate cancer (nmPC) receiving local definite therapy, the intensification of systemic therapy using chemotherapy or an androgen receptor signaling inhibitor (ARSI), in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), leads to better oncologic survival measures, reports a recent meta-analysis.

Intensified systemic therapy with ADT improves outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer

27 Apr 2022

Intensive urate lowering of little benefit to patients with erosive gout

27 Apr 2022

A more intensive serum urate-lowering therapy falls short of improving bone erosion scores in patients with erosive gout, in addition to being associated with a high treatment burden, as shown in a study.

Intensive urate lowering of little benefit to patients with erosive gout

27 Apr 2022

Lifestyle medicine may hold the key to many of our modern day diseases.

27 Apr 2022 by

Lifestyle medicine, the medical approach that uses evidence-based behavioural interventions to prevent, treat and manage chronic diseases, may be the best prevention against severe outcomes of COVID-19 and other diseases, says an expert.

Lifestyle medicine may hold the key to many of our modern day diseases.

27 Apr 2022

Left atrial strain predicts atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation

27 Apr 2022

In patients who had received catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, left atrial deformation analysis can help assess the risk of atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence, reports a new study.

Left atrial strain predicts atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation

27 Apr 2022

Cutaneous reactions after 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose no reason to forgo 2nd dose

27 Apr 2022 by

Skin reactions to the first COVID-19 vaccine in some individuals shouldn’t be a reason to leave out the second dose, or a scheduled booster if tolerable, according to an analysis presented at AAD 2022.

Cutaneous reactions after 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose no reason to forgo 2nd dose

27 Apr 2022

Roflumilast cream reduces psoriasis severity

27 Apr 2022 by

Using a topical roflumilast cream to treat patients with chronic plaque psoriasis yields a significant improvement in disease severity, achieving a clear or almost clear IGA* status, based on a pooled analysis of the DERMIS-1** and DERMIS-2*** studies presented at AAD 2022.

Roflumilast cream reduces psoriasis severity

27 Apr 2022

Asivatrep cream safe, effective for atopic dermatitis

26 Apr 2022

Asivatrep cream improves clinical signs and symptoms of atopic dermatitis without causing worrying adverse events, reports a recent study.

Asivatrep cream safe, effective for atopic dermatitis

26 Apr 2022

Putting heart to rhythm: ICD better than pacemaker, really?

26 Apr 2022 by

Pacemaker is not inferior to implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) device in terms of survival for heart failure (HF), according to the RESET-CRT study presented at EHRA 2022 — thus raising the question on the need of defibrillation in CRT for these patients.

Putting heart to rhythm: ICD better than pacemaker, really?

26 Apr 2022

Novel drug promising for paediatric Tourette syndrome

26 Apr 2022 by

The experimental drug ecopipam helps minimize motor and phonic tics in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome, in addition to being safe and well tolerated, according to the results of a phase 2b trial presented at the 2022 American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting (AAN 2022).

Novel drug promising for paediatric Tourette syndrome

26 Apr 2022

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We may think older folks have better self control and are thus able to avoid being victims of addiction, but it isn't always the case.

We may think older folks have better self control and are thus able to avoid being victims of addiction, but it isn't always the case.

Intensified systemic therapy with ADT improves outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer

Intensified systemic therapy with ADT improves outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer

Intensive urate lowering of little benefit to patients with erosive gout

Intensive urate lowering of little benefit to patients with erosive gout

Lifestyle medicine may hold the key to many of our modern day diseases.

Lifestyle medicine may hold the key to many of our modern day diseases.

Left atrial strain predicts atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation

Left atrial strain predicts atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation

Cutaneous reactions after 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose no reason to forgo 2nd dose

Cutaneous reactions after 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose no reason to forgo 2nd dose

Roflumilast cream reduces psoriasis severity

Roflumilast cream reduces psoriasis severity

Asivatrep cream safe, effective for atopic dermatitis

Asivatrep cream safe, effective for atopic dermatitis

Putting heart to rhythm: ICD better than pacemaker, really?

Putting heart to rhythm: ICD better than pacemaker, really?

Novel drug promising for paediatric Tourette syndrome

Novel drug promising for paediatric Tourette syndrome