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Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) and pyrexia (NNP) are the most common diagnoses in the paediatric emergency department (PED) and during discharge from the hospital, a Singapore study has observed. In addition, the rates of hospital admission and referral from polyclinics and other clinics are higher than those in other series, driven by different healthcare structure, protocols, and workflows in the different studies.

Among women with obesity and atypical hyperplasia or low-risk endometrial cancer, weight loss during conservative management with intrauterine progestin improves treatment outcomes, according to a study.

In patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), hippocampal avoidance-prophylactic cranial irradiation (HA-PCI) better preserves cognitive function and has no adverse impact on the incidence of brain metastases, overall survival (OS) and quality of life (QoL) compared with standard PCI, a phase III randomized controlled trial has shown.

Nearly half of all rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients suffer comorbidity, which has a negative impact on quality of life and mortality. At a recent scientific symposium, Professor Peter Taylor from the University of Oxford in Oxford, UK emphasized the importance of monitoring, preventing, and treating comorbidities in RA while Professor Christopher Edwards from the University Hospital Southampton in Southampton, UK focused on the impact of mental health in RA. The symposium was organized by Fresenius Kabi and held under the auspices of the Singapore Society of Rheumatology. Dr Lian Tsui Yee from Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore chaired the event.

Long-term postmarketing data for adjunctive brivaracetam show that its use helps improve seizure control in patients with various epilepsy syndromes, even in those with prior exposure to levetiracetam. However, psychobehavioural adverse events (AEs) occur in one out of ten patients.

Bias and misconceptions about liver transplantation persist for patients with alcohol- (ALD) and obesity-related liver disease (OLD), a study has found.