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Greater Risk of Hyperhomocysteinemia Associated with Age and Folate Deficiency

Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is well known to be associated with increased risk of different diseases including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. To have a better understanding of pathogenesis of HHcy and evaluate the ...

Apr 28, 2021
Association of Obesity with Poor Breast Cancer Outcome

Breast cancer is one of the life-threatening malignancies among females in Hong Kong. Obesity is recognised as being correlated with poor prognosis in several cancers, including breast cancer. A recent meta-analysis which included 27 studies had dis...

Apr 14, 2021
Make an impact on weight management with semaglutide

The prevalence of overweight and obesity has continued to grow in adults and children more than four times from 1975 to 2016 globally. A second study of an injectable anti-obesity medication, semaglutide, reported to be able to make an impact on wei...

Mar 31, 2021
Double-edged Correlation between Daytime Napping Duration and Metabolism-related Diseases

Daytime napping is a common practice in many countries which is believed to reduce sleep deficits and improve emotional status. However, a recent Chinese study has suggested that daytime napping may be detrimental to our health under certain conditi...

Mar 24, 2021
The Hormonal Change Triggered by E-sport

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...

Jul 1, 2020