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Understanding injury patterns after falls at construction sites can help prevent injury through safe practices, targeted training, and use of safety equipment, suggests a Singapore study.

The investigational antisense medicine pelacarsen substantially reduces direct lipoprotein(a) cholesterol (Lp[a]-C) and delivers neutral-to-mild lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) corrected for its Lp(a)-C content (LDL-Ccorr), reports a study.

In Singapore, many older patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are managed exclusively in the primary care setting, according to a new study. Referrals seem to be more dependent on a patient’s demographic factors rather than medical determinants.

Telemedicine is here to stay and as the population of Malaysia ages, it is imperative that the older population come to terms with technology and embrace telemedicine in order to improve their access to healthcare. 

An intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) program helps improve serum albumin, body weight, oral intake, and other nutritional indices in haemodialysis (HD) patients with protein-energy wasting (PEW), a recent study has found.

Social media is an integral part of modern life. With its ubiquity come both pros and cons. On one hand, it has the ability to connect family and friends from different corners of the world. On the other, it creates the incessant exposure to information, both good and bad. This constant barrage of information, especially negative or contrary to one’s world view, can lead to negative consequences. 

In patients with papillary thyroid cancer, sarcopaenia significantly worsens the risk of local progression and tumour invasion into major organs or blood vessels, a recent study has found.