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Antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy may reduce all-cause mortality in depression

19 Sep 2025 by

In patients with depression, antidepressant use may lower all-cause mortality risk, while electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is associated with reduced risks of all-cause, natural-cause, and suicide-related death, researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have reported.

Antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy may reduce all-cause mortality in depression

19 Sep 2025

Patient-reported outcomes prognostic of cancer survival

19 Sep 2025

Patient-reported outcomes provide prognostic information for cancer survival, independent of other clinical factors, according to a study.

Patient-reported outcomes prognostic of cancer survival

19 Sep 2025

Inclisiran-based strategy achieves LDL-C goals in patients at high CV risk

19 Sep 2025 by

Treatment with inclisiran, on top of individually optimized lipid-lowering therapy (ioLLT), resulted in the achievement of guideline-recommended low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets among patients with hypercholesterolaemia at high or very high risk of cardiovascular (CV) events, according to the VICTORION-Difference trial presented at ESC 2025.

Inclisiran-based strategy achieves LDL-C goals in patients at high CV risk

19 Sep 2025

Optimal glycaemic control associated with lower pancreatic cancer risk in T2D

19 Sep 2025 by

In patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), optimal glycaemic control is associated with lower risks of pancreatic cancer as well as pancreatic cancer–related mortality and all-cause mortality, a territory-wide population-based retrospective cohort study has shown.

Optimal glycaemic control associated with lower pancreatic cancer risk in T2D

19 Sep 2025

Nutrition content on TikTok: Reliable or not?

18 Sep 2025 by

A cross-sectional study shows that nutrition-related content from TikTok is heavily influenced by non-expert creators and diet culture, with misleading content often receiving higher engagement than credible information.

Nutrition content on TikTok: Reliable or not?

18 Sep 2025

Vaginal estrogen tablets unlikely to increase risk of stroke recurrence

18 Sep 2025 by

Among women who have previously had an ischaemic stroke, the use of vaginal estradiol tablets does not raise the risk of having another stroke, according to new research.

Vaginal estrogen tablets unlikely to increase risk of stroke recurrence

18 Sep 2025

LTSG delivers durable weight loss, improves metabolic syndrome

18 Sep 2025

Simultaneous liver transplantation (LT) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is effective in sustaining weight loss, managing diabetes and hypertension, and preventing recurrence of steatosis and possibly fibrosis compared with LT alone, suggests a study.

LTSG delivers durable weight loss, improves metabolic syndrome

18 Sep 2025

Patients with cirrhosis, AKI may require 48 h to respond to albumin therapy

18 Sep 2025 by

Many patients with cirrhosis and acute kidney injury (AKI) need 2 days to show response to albumin treatment, a study has found. Therefore, reducing the duration of albumin therapy may result in overtreatment with terlipressin.

Patients with cirrhosis, AKI may require 48 h to respond to albumin therapy

18 Sep 2025

Gemcitabine-cisplatin plus pembrolizumab combo feasible in advanced BTC

18 Sep 2025

The addition of pembrolizumab to the combination of gemcitabine and cisplatin does not appear to worsen the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC), results of the phase III KEYNOTE-966 study have shown.

Gemcitabine-cisplatin plus pembrolizumab combo feasible in advanced BTC

18 Sep 2025

Long-term cocoa extract supplementation has null effect on hypertension risk in older adults

18 Sep 2025

Taking cocoa extract supplements does not lower the risk of incident hypertension in older adults. However, it does seem to reduce the risk among those who have a normal systolic blood pressure at baseline, according to data from the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study.

Long-term cocoa extract supplementation has null effect on hypertension risk in older adults

18 Sep 2025

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Antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy may reduce all-cause mortality in depression

Antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy may reduce all-cause mortality in depression

Patient-reported outcomes prognostic of cancer survival

Patient-reported outcomes prognostic of cancer survival

Inclisiran-based strategy achieves LDL-C goals in patients at high CV risk

Inclisiran-based strategy achieves LDL-C goals in patients at high CV risk

Optimal glycaemic control associated with lower pancreatic cancer risk in T2D

Optimal glycaemic control associated with lower pancreatic cancer risk in T2D

Nutrition content on TikTok: Reliable or not?

Nutrition content on TikTok: Reliable or not?

Vaginal estrogen tablets unlikely to increase risk of stroke recurrence

Vaginal estrogen tablets unlikely to increase risk of stroke recurrence

LTSG delivers durable weight loss, improves metabolic syndrome

LTSG delivers durable weight loss, improves metabolic syndrome

Patients with cirrhosis, AKI may require 48 h to respond to albumin therapy

Patients with cirrhosis, AKI may require 48 h to respond to albumin therapy

Gemcitabine-cisplatin plus pembrolizumab combo feasible in advanced BTC

Gemcitabine-cisplatin plus pembrolizumab combo feasible in advanced BTC

Long-term cocoa extract supplementation has null effect on hypertension risk in older adults

Long-term cocoa extract supplementation has null effect on hypertension risk in older adults