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A Singapore study based on a single surgeon’s experience has demonstrated the safe adoption of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) for resections of all difficulty grades, including major resections and resection of tumours located in the difficult posterosuperior segments with a low open conversion rate.
Bariatric surgery significantly lowers the risk of major adverse liver outcomes and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) – the dual primary endpoints – in obese patients with biopsy-driven nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in the SPLENDOR* study.
Depression during physician training remains high, but the average increase in depressive symptoms associated with internship has declined from 2007 to 2019, results of a study have shown.
Cyproheptadine appears to induce hunger in adults with poor appetite, as shown in a study.
Transitioning patients on extracorporeal life support (ECLS) to cardiopulmonary bypass (CBP) for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation yields no significant survival benefit but leads to worse bleeding, according to a recent study.
Diet quality seems to modify the effect of apolipoprotein B (ApoB) polymorphisms on serum biomarkers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a recent study has found.
A single injection of tocilizumab is enough to weaken systemic inflammation for up to 7 days in patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a recent study suggests.
According to a WHO report, one-in-four Malaysian children is anaemic. The prevalence of household food insecurity and malnutrition is said to be significant, with low-income households among those afflicted.
Consumption of a specific probiotic has been linked to reductions in dengue symptoms, a new study reveals.
Treatment with the RNAi therapeutic lumasiran led to a significant reduction in plasma oxalate and pre-dialysis oxalate levels in patients with advanced primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), according to the 6-month primary analysis of phase III ILLUMINATE-C trial presented at ASN Kidney Week 2021.
