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Plasma choline pathway metabolites, including choline and betaine, appear to reduce the risks of cardiovascular events and recurrent stroke, as well as offer incremental value in risk discrimination and stratification in patients with ischaemic stroke, suggests a recent study.

Due to mutations in the virus’ Spike protein, the antibody neutralization activity of convalescent patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) seems to be attenuated against the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 strains of SARS-CoV-2, according to a recent Singapore study.

Although a viable treatment option in patients with diabetes complicated by end-stage renal disease, pancreas transplant alone in uraemic (PTAU) patients confers inferior survival, graft survival, and immunological outcomes relative to simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant, a recent study has found.

In prostate cancer patients, retzius-sparing robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RS-RARP) yields better continence outcomes compared with conventional RARP, a recent study has found.

Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) and pyrexia (NNP) are the most common diagnoses in the paediatric emergency department (PED) and during discharge from the hospital, a Singapore study has observed. In addition, the rates of hospital admission and referral from polyclinics and other clinics are higher than those in other series, driven by different healthcare structure, protocols, and workflows in the different studies.