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Telemedicine for diabetes using the HA Go mobile app developed by the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) is shown to be effective, as reported Ms Maisy Mok, Nurse Consultant (Diabetes) of the HA Kowloon East Cluster, at the 26^th Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors – East Meets West Symposium. 

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-30 September 2024 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

In the treatment of obesity in adolescents, the incidence of suicidal ideation or attempts appears to be lower among those receiving a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP1-RA) than among those undergoing lifestyle intervention alone, according to a retrospective study.

Monitoring the body weight of the BMI of patients taking antidepressants does not seem to fully capture the adverse changes in body composition, a study has found. Such changes may result in a worsened cardiometabolic risk profile.

Early and intensive glycaemic control continues to reduce risks of mortality, MI, and microvascular complications even at 44 years after the UKPDS study’s initiation, according to follow-up data presented at the EMW Symposium 2024.