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Use of the oral antiandrogen chlormadinone at a low dose led to improvements in persistence rate of active surveillance (AS), PSA* and testosterone levels and prostate volume, and quality of life (QoL) in men with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa), the PROSAS study has shown.

Pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who are overweight and have increased blood glucose, as measured by the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), are highly likely to require subsequent insulin therapy, according to a study.

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.