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Having greater serum folic acid levels and taking folic acid supplements more than once a week during the second and third trimesters appear to lower the risk of Kawasaki disease among infants, according to a study.

Administering the new-generation thrombolytic reteplase within 4.5 hours of acute ischaemic stroke onset appears to be safe and as efficacious as alteplase, according to a phase II study.

Singapore is disproportionately burdened by asthma, with related hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits occurring twice as often as the average of other developed countries, according to a study.

Cancer cases are on the rise in Malaysia with a significant impact on the population’s health. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), 1-in-10 men and 1-in-9 women are at risk of being diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime.

Mild neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) are present in one in five community-dwelling older adults in Hong Kong, while 70 percent of older adults living in residential care homes have dementia, researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have reported.