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Study throws light on vaccine hesitancy in Singapore

Study throws light on vaccine hesitancy in Singapore

15 Jan 2022 byJairia Dela Cruz

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is high in Singapore, but there are still a reluctant few who prevent the nation from getting a higher immunization coverage against the infection.

15 Jan 2022
Acute HF patients with diabetes derive less frailty benefit from physical rehab

Acute HF patients with diabetes derive less frailty benefit from physical rehab

15 Jan 2022

Older diabetic patients with acute heart failure who undergo physical rehabilitation have worse baseline physical function but demonstrate similar clinically meaningful improvements from the intervention, results of the Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Acute Heart Failure Patients (REHAB-HF) trial have shown. However, the benefit derived for frailty is lesser among those with diabetes.

15 Jan 2022
High-dose radiotherapy boosts biochemical control in Gleason 9–10 prostate cancer

High-dose radiotherapy boosts biochemical control in Gleason 9–10 prostate cancer

15 Jan 2022

In patients with clinically localized Gleason 9–10 prostate cancer, dose-escalated radiotherapy confers better biochemical disease-free survival and prostate cancer-specific mortality than conventional doses, a recent study has found.

15 Jan 2022
Cardiac rehabilitation improves short-term outcomes in HF patients

Cardiac rehabilitation improves short-term outcomes in HF patients

15 Jan 2022

Cardiac rehabilitation is standard for the treatment of heart failure (HF) and yields short-term prognostic benefits, a recent study has found. However, long-term benefits remain uncertain.

15 Jan 2022