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A recent study suggests that gay men tend to avoid seeking help when experiencing sexual problems because of identity concealment.

The risk of developing infection following operative vaginal birth is high when episiotomy is performed, forceps are used, and among women who are primiparous and overweight, a study has found. As such, timely prophylactic antibiotics should be given.

When administered concomitantly with oxytocin, prophylactic granisetron appears to have no negative impact on myometrial contraction during caesarean delivery, reports a recent study.

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a significantly underdiagnosed, life-threatening disease caused by the deposition of transthyretin amyloid fibrils in the heart. Dr Soon Chao Yang, Interventional Cardiologist at The Heart Doctors Clinic in Mount Alvernia Hospital, Singapore, reviews the data on early treatment of ATTR-CM, and shares his clinical experience with tafamidis.

The combination of nivolumab 1 mg/kg (NIVO1) and ipilimumab 3 mg/kg (IPI3) every 3 weeks followed by NIVO 240 mg every 2 weeks in the second-line setting continues to confer durable response and overall survival (OS) benefit in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC), according to 5-year data from the CheckMate 040* trial presented at ESMO GI 2022.

Treatment with revacept 120 mg appears to be beneficial in the treatment of patients with symptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis, according to a study.