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RAS inhibitors proven beneficial in HFrEF with advanced kidney disease

06 Jul 2023

Use of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors results in improved clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and advanced kidney disease, a study has shown.

06 Jul 2023

CV health tool effectively promotes discussions during routine follow-up in cancer survivors

06 Jul 2023 by

A novel electronic health record (EHR) clinical decision support tool, otherwise called the AH-HA* tool, was effective in promoting cardiovascular health (CVH) discussions among cancer survivors during routine follow-up. This was the primary result of a clinic-randomized, hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial presented at ASCO 2023.

06 Jul 2023

Preoperative HIIT beneficial to individuals undergoing major surgery

06 Jul 2023

Patients scheduled to undergo major surgery appear to improve their cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with a preoperative high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program, which in turn reduces postoperative complications, according to a study.

06 Jul 2023

Lazertinib improves PFS vs gefitinib in 1L treatment of EGFR-mutated NSCLC

06 Jul 2023 by

The third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) lazertinib significantly improves progression-free survival (PFS) vs gefitinib in first-line (1L) treatment of patients with EGFR -mutated, locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbouring an exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R mutation, results of the phase III LASER301 trial have shown.

06 Jul 2023

More evidence for COVID-19 vaccine safety in kids

05 Jul 2023

COVID-19 vaccines can be safely administered in children, with a recent study showing that out of the numerous health outcomes monitored in near real time, the safety signal identified was for only myocarditis or pericarditis.

05 Jul 2023

Singaporean cohort study: Menopausal women now more symptomatic

05 Jul 2023 by

Menopause occurs at about 50 years of age for Singaporean women, and almost two out of three of them experience moderate-to-severe symptoms, as shown in a study presented at RCOG 2023.

05 Jul 2023

How effective are dietary interventions for perinatal depression, anxiety?

05 Jul 2023

Dietary interventions, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and iron intake, are not useful in reducing perinatal depression, reveals a study. However, supplementation with vitamin D in 1,800 to 3,500 IU per day appears promising.

05 Jul 2023

Is it safe to use biologic drugs in pregnancy?

05 Jul 2023 by

Among the biologic drugs used during pregnancy, the most common is tumour necrosis factor-α antagonist (etanercept-infliximab-adalimumab), results of a clinical review have shown.

05 Jul 2023