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Delighted to share this new paper led by my PhD student Claire Cuiling WEI, investigating rates and rate ratio of multimorbidity incidence after SARS- or influenza-related admissions. Findings now available in npj Journals Prim Care Respir Med by PCRS nature.com/articles/s4153…

Our latest work observed comparable survival benefit but significant lower health resource utilization associated with novel hormonal agents when comparing to docetaxel for the management of prostate cancer. Published at ⁦iScience journal⁩ Cell Press. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Country Income, Gini Index, Disease Burden and Universal Health Coverage, which one you would expect as the driving factor for the access of WHO essential cancer medicine? Read our fresh online paper on Lancet Oncology.sciencedirect.com/science/articl… HKU Medicine HKU Pharmacy CSMPR_HKU

Our study investigated the #COVID19 pandemic effects on #CVD incidence among #hypertensive patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection by changes in CVD incidence, all-cause #mortality, #BP control, and healthcare utilization rates among this population in HK. nature.com/articles/s4144…

Our study, the largest conducted to date examining various classes of antihypertensive drugs and dementia risk. We found a lower risk of all-cause dementia with ARBs compared to ACE inhibitors. Hong Kong, UK, Sweden, and Australia data included. doi.org/10.1093/ageing…

Letter written with Dr Angel Wong on bias in a study of PCSK9 inhibitors. Read it in European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy academic.oup.com/ehjcvp/advance… HKU Medicine @hkupharm @csmpr_hkupharm #epidemiology #lipids #pharmacotherapy #cardiology

An other multinational cohort study from our team published this week: trends in survival following dementia diagnosis. ⁦Hao Luo⁩ ⁦Celine Chui HKU⁩ nature.com/articles/s4385…

Our latest multinational study on trends in survival after #Dementia diagnosis has just been published with Springer Nature in Communications Medicine Read here: rdcu.be/eocfU Prof Ian Wong Celine Chui HKU Kenneth Man Martin Knapp Gloria Wong

Our latest longitudinal study on trends in #benzodiazepines and #Z-drug prescribing in Hong Kong has just been published with Elsevier in The Lancet Reg Health-West Pacific. We found increasing trends from 2014 to 2023, with a notable increase in young adults. Esther Chan @ CSMPR HKU

Thanks a lot for the professional editing from the Lancet Group. Our podcast about biologics access and recent policy development in Asia Pacific is now on air from the Lancet Rheumatology and the Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific. buzzsprout.com/1907323/episod…

For elderly Asia patients with acute myeloid leukaemia, venetoclax combination with hypomethylating agents showed superior overall survival and less transfusion needs than hypomethylating agents alone, especially the >=75 years group. CSMPR_HKU journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Our multinational network cohort study shows that extensive multi-organ involvement of post-COVID-19 condition over the short-term period and the subside in risk for most complications over the medium- and long-term. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

🔬Recent #multinational study involving 22.4M individuals from 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪 showed extensive multi-organ involvement of post-COVID-19 condition over the short-term and the subside in risk for most complications over time📊 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01… #COVID19 #LongCovid #PublicHealth

Our 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Studies in UK and HK finds that younger age of #hypertension onset is associated with higher risks for #cardiovascular events and #mortality. Paper published on Journal of Primary Care & Community Health Sage Journals. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21…

The #validated #Cantonese-Chinese #translation of the Pharmacy Services #Questionnaire #PSQ is a reliable #instrument to assess services #satisfaction by community pharmacies. See full article published in J PharmPolicy & Prac tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Using territory-wide EHR in Hong Kong📊, we showed a 25% elevated infection incidence overall and 45% in adults aged 55+, mainly driven by infections in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts - Free access to other findings in The Lancet Psychiatry at authors.elsevier.com/a/1lV-h7tf1dCf…

"Emulating Six Cardiovascular Outcome Trials of Antidiabetic Drugs in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: Analyses Based on Real‐World Databases from Korea and Taiwan", has been published by our international team! Read ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…

Read our paper on 18 Countries and HK Opioid Prescribing Trend from 2001 to 2019. Very big differences between countries and US is going down. link.springer.com/10.1007/s40263…

Our age-specific models accurately predicted the post-acute #mortality risk within 1 year of #COVID infection, optimizing clinical strategies and resource allocation in global burden of #LongCOVID management. Published on QJM. academic.oup.com/qjmed/article/…

Excited to share our latest study in The Lancet: long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIAs) are more effective than oral and equally safe for older people, except for higher risk of EPS with typical LAIAs, but not with atypical LAIAs. Esther Chan @ CSMPR HKU thelancet.com/journals/lanps…