News & Updates

Dragon fruit improves vascular function in adults

Eating dragon fruits leads to better endothelial function and improvements in arterial stiffness in healthy individuals, a study has shown.

How useful is anti-DFS70 in identifying ANA-positive patients without SARD?

A Singapore study has found an association between the presence of anti-DFS70 and a false-positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) test in 8.6 percent of its patients. Moreover, anti-DFS70 shows no association with the absence of systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD).

Omega-3 supplements help reduce falls in older adults

Supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids extends a modest benefit on the incidence of total falls among generally healthy, active, and vitamin D-replete older adults, while a daily high dose of vitamin D or a simple home exercise program (SHEP) offers no benefits.

Denosumab: A critical aspect of metastatic prostate cancer treatment

Men with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) have an elevated risk of skeletal complications either due to bone metastases (skeletal-related events [SREs]), or from osteoporosis induced by androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Two key opinion leaders recently shared their perspectives on bone complications in mPC as well as the use of bone-targeted agents (BTAs) such as denosumab (Xgeva) to reduce the risk of bone complications.

 

Professor Bertrand Tombal

Professor of Urology

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc & Université catholique de Louvain

Brussels, Belgium

 

Associate Professor Edmund Chiong

Head, Department of Urology

National University Hospital, Singapore

 

 

 

Wearables boost eating disorder program completion, app engagement

Using wearable devices helps improve study completion among people with eating disorders, as well as boosts their engagement with a smartphone app intervention, according to a recent study. Greater program retention, in turn, may lead to better outcomes.

Physical activity beneficial to NAFLD patients

For nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients, performing physical activity appears to confer some protection against the development of fibrosis, sarcopenia, and cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study.

B infantis EVC001 cuts necrotizing enterocolitis, mortality in VLBW infants

Probiotics with the EVC001 strain of the Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis, as a supplement to human milk, appears to significantly reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and associated deaths in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, a recent study has found.

Polygenic risk scores for hepatic fat, NAFLD pinpoint Asians at risk of HCC

Both the polygenic risk score (PRS) for hepatic fat (HFC-PRS) derived from non-Asians and the novel PRS for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) derived from East Asians can predict the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Singaporeans, as shown in a study.