News & Updates

The combination immunotherapy of nivolumab (NIVO) and ipilimumab (IPI) continues to provide durable survival benefit over chemotherapy in the first-line setting in patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), despite the patients having been off immunotherapy for 1 year, according to the 3-year data from the CheckMate 743 trial presented at ESMO 2021.

In patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who require mechanical ventilation and deep sedation, the use of ketamine has a propofol- and vasopressor-sparing effect, as shown in a study.

A dietary pattern rich in long-chain n–3 fatty acids (LCn3) from marine foods or whole-grain cereals (WGCs) may substantially increase concentrations of plasma trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), results of a study have shown.

One-year supplementation with vitamin D has led to improvements in 25(OH)D levels but not in bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine and left hip neck in patients with cirrhosis, results of a recent study have shown.

Around half of Singapore’s population spend a considerable amount of time in sedentary behaviour, with nearly 20 percent failing to reach the minimum requirements for weekly physical activity, leading to worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL), according to a recent study.

Alcohol consumption in high amounts appears to negatively influence cognition in older adults, whereas light drinking may have protective effects, as reported in a study.