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Dyslipidaemia appears to be prevalent among adolescents and young men in Singapore, including those without traditional metabolic risk factors, according to local research.

Patients with HR+/HER2‒ breast cancer treated with immunotherapy show modest improvements in complete response rates, reports a study.

The use of calcium, vitamin D, or combined supplementation does not appear helpful in preventing fractures and falls, claims a study.

Adding clip prior to endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection (ECI) helps prevent ectopic embolism in patients with fundal varices with a portal-systemic shunt, without compromising safety or efficacy, as shown in a recent study.

Intrathecal onasemnogene abeparvovec (OAV101 IT), a one-time gene transfer therapy, significantly improves motor function in treatment-naïve patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), as shown by the period 1 results of the phase III STEER study.

Difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis is associated with smoking, obesity, fibromyalgia, and depression, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

Women with a history of pre-eclampsia may have heightened long-ter risks of hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and cardiovascular disease (CVD), as reported in a study.

Recent COVID-19 vaccination has been linked to a reduced risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a prospective, case-ascertained household transmission study.