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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.

Among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), women appear to be at greater risk of accelerated cognitive decline than men, as reported in a study. This risk increase can be partly explained by depressive symptoms being greater among women.

Initiating antiplatelet therapy following an intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) that occurred during antithrombotic use does not lead to recurrent symptomatic ICH, according to extended results of the RESTART* trial.

A healthier overall diet score and higher fibre, fruit, and vegetable scores result in better health outcomes in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study, noting a much lower proportion of participants avoiding dairy and meat or adhering to a specific MS diet than previously reported.

Patients with kidney disease appear to have a slightly elevated risk of dementia, which is driven by vascular dementia, a study suggests.

Late life depression seems to be correlated with Alzheimer’s disease, particularly as regards markers of pathology such as amyloid dysmetabolism and declining cognition, a recent study has found.