The Burden and Unmet Needs in Epileptic Sufferers EEpilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, with a prevalence of 0.5% to 1% 1 . It is considered a chronic brain disorder that affects people of all ages without geographical, social...
Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) has traditionally been categorised into acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) 1 . With a better understanding of Cardiology and therapeutic advancement, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)...
The Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most prominent causes of death and suffering in the 21 st century. The number of patients affected by CKD has substantially increased with an estimate of 843.6 million i...
Autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic sclerosis, lupus erythematosus, and type 1 diabetes, were found to be linked with increased CV risks, with risk dependent on the types of autoimmune disorders. In a population-b...
The Health Crisis at Hand The concept of virtual wards have been around for a few years but has only recently gained more attention due to the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic 1 . The COVID-19 pandemic had caused havoc in healthcare indu...
Herpes zoster (HZ), also known as shingles, is caused by the reactivation of Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that commonly leads to chickenpox. Normally, VZV remains dormant in the dorsal root ganglia or the sensory ganglia of the cranial nerve after a...
A Missing Culprit in Atherosclerosis Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is one of the main causes of death globally, accounting for 31% of global deaths attributed by ASCVD. Furthermore, cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for 1 in eve...
Existing Knowledge on Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer and second most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally 1 . There were over 1.9 million new cases of CRC globally in 2020 with medium to h...
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a chronic lymphoproliferative disorder characterised by proliferation of monoclonal mature B-cells in peripheral blood, bone marrow, and secondary lymphoid tissues, such as spleen and lymph nodes 1 . The incide...
Current Diagnostic Challenges in PD In contrast to the beliefs in the old days, clinical diagnosis of PD is difficult in reality. A meta-analysis reported that the pooled diagnostic accuracy of PD was 80.6% 1 . Prof. Poewe highlighted that a substan...
People at Increased Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with RA often experience a reduced quality of life in several domains, such as physical health, level of independence, environment, and personal beliefs, compared with the healthy population ...
Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction and Its Diagnostic Applications Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is widely used in clinical detection. However, the limitations of the technology including easy affected by sample inhibitors...
