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Pain is prevalent among patients with cirrhosis who are undergoing liver transplant evaluation, a study has found. Anxiety and depression show a significant association with pain and appear to predict poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in this population.

Anxiety, depression predict pain, HRQoL in cirrhosis patients

การฉีดวัคซีนเป็นกลยุทธ์สำคัญในการป้องกันและควบคุมไข้เลือดออกในภูมิภาคเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้

เอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ (Southeast Asia; SEA) เป็นพื้นที่เสี่ยงติดเชื้อไข้เลือดออก โดยอินโดนีเซียและไทยเป็นประเทศที่พบการระบาดสูง ในงานสัมมนาระหว่างการประชุมสุดยอด APIC-ADVA ประจำภูมิภาคเอเชียแปซิฟิกครั้งที่ 2 ว่าด้วยโรคติดเชื้อและการสร้างภูมิคุ้มกัน ณ ประเทศสิงคโปร์ สนับสนุนโดยบริษัท Takeda ผู้เชี่ยวชาญได้เน้นย้ำถึงการฉีดวัคซีน ซึ่งเป็นส่วนสำคัญของกลยุทธ์สำหรับการป้องกันและควบคุมไข้เลือดออกแบบองค์รวมในภูมิภาค SEA

การฉีดวัคซีนเป็นกลยุทธ์สำคัญในการป้องกันและควบคุมไข้เลือดออกในภูมิภาคเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้

Ibrexafungerp expands salvage antifungal treatment options as a pill

03 May 2025 by

For patients with fungal diseases that preclude receiving standard treatment or IV antifungals primarily due to refractoriness or resistance, ibrexafungerp can serve as an effective salvage treatment given orally, offering a positive risk-benefit ratio up to the final data cut-off in the FURI trial

Ibrexafungerp expands salvage antifungal treatment options as a pill

Digital interventions may help cancer patients stick to their meds

Digital interventions such as mobile apps, reminder systems, and wearable devices, among others, may be a useful tool in ensuring patients adhere to their oral systemic anticancer therapy, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Digital interventions may help cancer patients stick to their meds

Red sorghum pasta improves postprandial glycaemia, energy intake

The addition of red sorghum to pasta appears to induce a decrease in glycaemia, a favourable change in appetite parameters, and a reduction in energy intake, suggests a study.

Red sorghum pasta improves postprandial glycaemia, energy intake

LHRH analogues vs tE2 patches: Which work best for prostate cancer?

The use of transdermal oestradiol (tE2) or oestrogen patches helps suppress testosterone and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in men with locally advanced prostate cancer, with similar efficacy to that of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogues, reports a study presented at EAU 2025.

LHRH analogues vs tE2 patches: Which work best for prostate cancer?

02 May 2025

Breastfeeding reduces risk of infant RTIs

Infants who have been fully breastfed for 6 months up to at least 1 year appear to have a lower risk of subsequent respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and hospitalization from RTIs, a study has shown.

Breastfeeding reduces risk of infant RTIs

MSC therapy delivers long-term benefit in severe COVID-19

A recent study suggests patients with severe COVID-19 may benefit from human mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy.

MSC therapy delivers long-term benefit in severe COVID-19

02 May 2025

Diet plus physical activity mitigates weight loss-related decline in BMD in older women

In older women with metabolic syndrome, a lifestyle intervention based on energy-reduced Mediterranean diet plus physical activity lifestyle appears to mitigate the effects of weight loss on bone mineral density (BMD), according to the results of the 3-year, parallel-group PREDIMED-Plus trial.

Diet plus physical activity mitigates weight loss-related decline in BMD in older women

Primary stroke mechanism identification helps predict recurrent stroke risk

In medically treated symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (sICAS) patients, considering artery-to-artery embolism (AAE) rather than hypoperfusion as the stroke mechanism for cortical borderzone (CBZ) infarcts could better predict early recurrent stroke in the same territory (SIT), a study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has found.

Primary stroke mechanism identification helps predict recurrent stroke risk