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Married women cite having enough children and the lack of financial capability to afford another child as the main reasons for having an abortion, according to a Singapore study, noting the need for better family planning and contraceptive counselling to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

A breast cancer diagnosis may just be right at our fingertips, literally.

A recent single-centre study, which reduced the birth weight (BW) threshold for bridging parenteral nutrition (PN) from 1,500 to 1,250 g, has found that PN was initiated in about one in four infants with a BW between 1,250 and 1,500 g.

Initial treatment with over-the-scope clips (OTSCs) appears superior to standard endoscopic treatment in reducing the risk for further bleeding from nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal causes that are responsive to OTSC placement, results of a study have shown.

Switching from other anti-VEGF* agents to brolucizumab only helps improve visual acuity and reduces disease activity in patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (nAMD)

Treatment with memantine significantly reduces hair pulling and skin-picking symptoms when compared with placebo, demonstrating relatively high efficacy and tolerability, reports a study.