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Self-rated health strongly and significantly affects happiness, even after controlling for income, employment, and education, reports a recent Iran study.

Among patients with interstitial lung disease, cough-specific quality of life (QOL) is independently associated with adverse outcomes, specifically respiratory hospitalization, death, and lung transplantation, as reported in a study.

Thoracic surgeons from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have become the first to successfully perform robotic-assisted bronchoscopy in a hybrid operating theatre (OT) setting outside the US.

In patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), low FODMAP* and a strict gluten-free diet (GFD) helps reduce anxiety and improve quality of life, a recent study has found.

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Given the challenges posed by conventional therapies used for the treatment of VTE, Dr Lim Xiu Qi Cheryl, Associate Consultant from the Department of Haematology-Oncology at National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), shares her insights on the role of apixaban (Eliquis, Pfizer), an oral factor Xa inhibitor, in the treatment of acute VTE and prevention of recurrent VTE.

The atrial fibrillation (AF) screening tool, MyDiagnostick, demonstrates comparable sensitivity and specificity with manual pulse checking, validated across studies performed in a multiethnic Asian population, according to a Singapore study. Of note, AF prevalence in this cohort is similar to that in other countries.