Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is currently one of the most prominent causes of death and suffering, affecting >800 million individuals globally. Along with the rise in its risk factors, such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM), the number o...
Physical restrains can have a negative impact on patients’ physical and mental health, thus, their use in clinical setting should be reduced1. In addition, little is known internationally about the use of restrains and there are no clear regul...
Time-restricted eating, a type of intermittent fasting, involves limiting the hours for eating to a specific number of hours each day, which may range from a 4 to 12-hour time window in 24 hours. Previous research has found that time-restricted eati...
The local authorities stepped up in combating the increasing cannabis use through the introduction of new legislation to regulate cannabis-derived products, while some governments were moving toward decriminalizing cannabis. The rationale behind the...
With the development of weight loss injections, the battle against obesity found a new meaning. The current treatments work by mimicking the effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) which normally regulates appetite and food intake. Recent studies...
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: An Evil Pairing Currently, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is approximately 463 million, which is equivalent to 9.3% of the world’s population. The global pandemic of DM is expected to r...
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)...
An Every-Increasing Problem with HFpEF Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome that results from a functional or structural heart disorder impairing the ventricular filling or ejection of blood to the systemic circulation 1 . It affects mo...
The Local Burden of AF AF is characterised by high frequency excitation of the atrium that results in both dyssynchronous atrial contraction and irregularity of ventricular excitation 3 . The clinical consequences of AF are of paramount importance s...
Kerendia ® ( Finerenone ) 4 Bayer Finerenone is a nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonist Compositio n : Available as 10mg and 20mg oral tablets Indications : Newly indicated for delaying progressive decline of kidney function ...
Triplixam ® ( perindopril arginine/indapamide/amlodipine ) 5 Servier Perindopril is an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) Indapamide is a thiazide diuretic Amlodipine is a calcium-channel blocker (CCB) Compositio n : Availa...
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...
