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Slideshow: Highlights from the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019
Podcast: Assoc Prof Yeo Khung Keong talks about the hopes and promises of AI in cardiology
There appears to be a borderline positive association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and long-term risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) among middle-aged and elderly individuals with hyperuricaemia, a study reports.
Monotherapy with tocilizumab (TCZ) shows good tolerability profile and results in remission in most patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) despite the absence of glucocorticoids, according to the 2-year results of a single-centre, open‐label pilot study.
The combination of sacubitril and valsartan results in fewer renal events and slows kidney disease progression vs valsartan alone in patients with heart failure (HF) and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in the post-hoc analysis of 5,000 patients from the PARAGON-HF trial.
Supplementation with oral nano vitamin D appears to moderate disease activity and severity grade of patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC), suggests a study, adding that this association is more evident in those achieving a target vitamin D level of 40 ng/mL.
Distance-based interventions to assist smoking cessation (SC) appear to be effective among cancer survivors, reports a recent meta-analysis.
Disease severity, rather than sociodemographic factors, is the strongest determinant of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with atopic dermatitis and their caregivers, according to a recent Singapore study.
Children with high dental anxiety are more likely to develop dental diseases, which, in turn, negatively affect the family’s quality of life, a recent study has found.
Experimentally induced and chronic pains do not have additive negative impacts on attention, and that their underlying mechanisms of action may differ, a recent study has found.