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Treatment with methylprednisolone reduces the risk of kidney composite outcomes, including kidney failure, 40 percent decline in eGFR, or death due to kidney disease, in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), according to the TESTING* study presented at ASN Kidney Week 2021.

Among patients who received 6 months of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), switching to a single antiplatelet therapy (SAPT) regimen for another 6 months resulted in less gastrointestinal (GI) injury than continuing DAPT, results of the OPT-PEACE trial showed.

Sleeping between 10–11 pm is associated with a decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with earlier or later bedtimes, according to a study — suggesting that this timing represents the optimal sleeping time for better heart health.

People who have never smoked in their lives still run the risk of developing lung cancer, and among Chinese women in Singapore, this risk is attributed to a history of lung cancer in the immediate family.

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.

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.