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A high incidence of menstrual disorders among women aged ≤54 years has been noted following COVID-19 vaccination, reveals a Netherlands study. Analysis of spontaneous reports supports this observation.

In the treatment of moderate-to-severe benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Singapore, water vapor thermal therapy (WVTT) is more cost effective than medical management (MM) in the first-line setting based on the common willingness-to-pay threshold of SGD 50,000 per quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), a study has found.

In the first-line treatment of patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbouring EGFR mutation, the combination of osimertinib plus pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy outperformed osimertinib alone in terms of extending progression-free survival (PFS), according to the interim results of the phase III FLAURA2 trial presented at WCLC 2023.

The first intervention program to target Malaysian B40 youth and their parents aims to educate them on the dangers of smoking and vaping.

Cancer patients who are being treated with chemotherapy are susceptible to chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), and they continue to experience these side effects despite being administered with antiemetics, a study has shown.