The association of habitual coffee consumption with a lower risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and certain cancer types has been reported in prospective cohort studies. Nonetheless, the molecular mechanism is still unresolved. In a re...
Addiction is generally characterised by neurotransmitter changes in the mesocorticolimbic system of our brain. While our reliance on internet and smartphones continues to grow, existing research on such technological addiction is still limited. In a...
While acoustic distraction is reported to increase the level of stress and would reduce surgical performance in operating room, music has been shown to improve learning and performance of complex motor skills. A recent randomised control trial invol...
China Has Begun the Monoclonal Neutralising Antibody Phase 1 Clinical Trial against COVID-19 China has begun the recombinant fully human monoclonal neutralising antibody (JS016) phase 1 clinical trial against COVID-19 in Shanghai on 7 June 2020 afte...
E-sport competitions are organised in a relatively controllable setting as compared to those of physical sports, while existing research works on physiological and psychological impacts of E-sport are limited. A recent investigation on influencing f...
With the increasing popularity of digital communication platforms, emoji has been used as a new language worldwide, conveying non-verbal communication cues and substituting for the face-to-face conditions. Essentially, emoji enables people from diff...
COVID-19 has allowed the widespread adoption of communication and collaboration software to facilitate medical care at a distance, while reducing the risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) between patien...
The impact of blood glucose control on the degree of required medical interventions and mortality in patients with COVID-19 and T2DM remains uncertain. A recent retrospective study involving 7337 patients with COVID-19, among which 952 cases had pre...
“Writer’s bump” is a condition which callouses formed on the lateral knuckle of the third finger in individuals who tightly gripped pens or pencils. Similarly, thumb callouses have been reported to develop due to excessive video ga...
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) accounts for approximately 80% of acute leukaemia diagnosed in adults and the 5-year overall AML survival rate is 15%. Mutational status of FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) is now well recognised as delineating a subty...
Although the benefits of fish oil supplementation are well known, real-life evidence on the effectiveness of fish oil supplements is limited. Recently, a population-based prospective evaluation on the associations of habitual fish oil supplementatio...
In a nationwide study of patients with chronic viral hepatitis in Sweden, the long-term effects of low-dose (≤160 mg) aspirin on incident hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver-related mortality, and gastrointestinal bleeding were investigated. 50...
