News & Updates

The ketogenic (keto) diet appears as good as the Mediterranean diet in reducing blood sugar in individuals with prediabetes, or type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a small, randomized, crossover trial.

Treatment with dextromethorphan-bupropion (AXS-05) significantly improves depressive symptoms relative to bupropion alone and is well tolerated in patients with major depression, results of a phase II trial have shown.

High ambient levels of the air pollutants PM2.5, PM10, and sulphur dioxide (SO2) appear to increase the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), reports a recent meta-analysis.

The MOH and MIMS colorectal screening awareness programme is well under way with the launch of two subsequent education modules. The collaboration is known as “COREC: Battling colorectal cancer together” with the first module launched early 2022.

Treatment with the next-generation anti-TNFα antibody yields marked improvements in the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX), while having an acceptable safety profile, as shown in the phase II/III OHZORA trial.

Taking aspirin daily appears to do nothing in terms of reducing the risk of cutaneous melanoma in older individuals, according to a study.

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is common among hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), afflicting over 60 percent of this patient population, a recent China study has found.

The connectivity strength of the ventral striatum (VS) within the reward network demonstrates links to depressive disorders and anhedonia from mid to late adolescence, which indicates the role played by this circuitry in depression changes with age, reveals a study.