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...
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...
While the general public are often told that “bad diet” is the culprit of high cholesterol, most of the patients have missed the crunch time to manage it through lifestyle modification until condition gets worse or atherosclerosis and it...
Blood lipid disorders have become global health concerns in the 21 st century 1 . In previous guidelines for managing dyslipidaemias, the importance of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular di...
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...
The Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Hong Kong (EDMHK) 2 nd Annual Meeting The Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Hong Kong (EDMHK) 2019 meeting held on 26th – 27th October 2019 was jointly organised by the University of Hong Kon...
Regulation of GH Secretion and GHD Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is caused either directly by the total or partial absence of growth hormone (GH) or by secretion of abnormal GHs, or indirectly by decreased level of GH-dependent growth factors such...
The Complexities of DM and its Health Burden Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with the increased risk of cardiovasular (CV) complications whereas each 1% reduction in mean glycated haemoglobin (A1c) would result in reduction of microvascular com...
What is Endometriosis? Endometriosis is a benign and oestrogen-dependent gynaecological disorder with tissues (glandular and stromal) that normally line the cavity of the uterus growing in ectopic sites (predominantly in the pelvic cavity, ovarian s...
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The Challenges and Management During and After Pregnancy Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a serious pregnancy complication, and according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the disease affects approx...
Therapeutic Potential of Multitasking Factors for Beta-cells in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is clinically diagnosed by elevated plasma glucose levels. However, loss of pancreatic beta-cell function occurs before diabetes...
Big Data in Medicine Thanks to the advancement in data science and network technology, the medical industry has entered an era of big data in the 21 st century. In medical terms, big data refers to all large and complex electronic health datasets th...
