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Use of serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) can help identify acute kidney injury and predict 3-month mortality among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with “normal” creatinine, reports a Singapore study.

Smartphones now have the capacity to accurately render an adult’s level of muscularity through their image capture capabilities in combination with device software applications, a recent study has shown.

Using data from the GUSTO* cohort, the DQI-5 – a Diet Quality Index developed for preschool-aged children – effectively assessed the diet quality of 5-year-olds in Singapore.

Trong một nghiên cứu đoàn hệ đa cơ sở dữ liệu quốc tế, thuốc chống đông trực tiếp đường uống (DOACs) đã được chứng minh là có hiệu quản và an toàn tương đương với thuốc kháng vitamin K (VKAs) đối với người trên 80 tuổi bị thuyên tắc huyết khối tĩnh mạch (VTE).

For patients with treatment-naïve advanced renal-cell carcinoma who have intermediate or poor prognostic risk, adding cabozantinib to the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab significantly prolongs progression-free survival (PFS) compared with the combination alone but at the expense of increased grade 3 or 4 adverse events (AEs), as shown in a phase III trial.

Experimental gene therapy appears to improve eyesight in patients with a severe progressive form of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) in an early access programme.