News & Updates

A survey evaluating paediatric oncology nurses from KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital reveals that they may not be well-versed in terms of oral health knowledge.

The use of repeated low-level red-light intervention helps prevent myopia in children with premyopia, as reported in a study.

Extended ECG monitoring for 30 days significantly increases the detection rates of arrhythmias compared with the standard 24-hour monitoring period in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), according to the TEMPO-HCM study presented at EHRA 2023.

Treatment with dapagliflozin leads to lower incidence of total heart failure (HF) events and cardiovascular death, regardless of patient characteristics such as ejection fraction, according to a study.

Premedication with dextromethorphan 1 hour prior to flexible bronchoscopy appears to alleviate cough slightly in patients under conscious sedation and on topical lignocaine, reports a recent study.

Individuals with atrial high-rates episodes (AHREs) are at greater risk of progression to atrial fibrillation (AF). But the good news is that treatment with antiarrhythmic medication appears to have a protective effect both on AHRE burden and AF risk.