Our recent study using CDM on Cambridge Core finds immediate declines in mental health diagnoses following population-wide COVID-19 restrictions in France, Germany, Italy, UK, and US. doi.org/10.1017/S20457… #COVID19 #mentalillness Prof Ian Wong Kenneth Man Wallis Lau @HaoLuo429

P-CARDIAC secondary model's paper is finally out! A 10-year CVD risk prediction model for Chinese with established CVD risk. Go check out the article available on European Society of Cardiology European Society of Cardiology Journals #EHJDigitalHealth #P_CARDIAC HKU Medicine HKU Nursing HKU Pharmacy doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/…

Our work ⁦BMC Medicine⁩ found 21% of depression incidence increasing during the pandemic but 11-16% less health service used compared with pre-pandemics. The system is recovering with service rebound over 3 years.⁦HKU Pharmacy⁩ ⁦Prof Ian Wong⁩ link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Our study in Hong Kong finds that automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) reduces peritonitis risk compared to CAPD. It seems trivial, but it is important when deciding the treatment for patients requiring #PeritonealDialysis! Full text available here: academic.oup.com/ckj/article/17…

Statins work well even in people aged 85 y and beyond for reducing stroke, heart attack, heart failure, all-cause mortality, CV mortality, and liver dysfunction, while proving to be safe acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2… Annals of Int Med Eric YF Wan Wanchun (Wendy) Xu Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU

Our recent paper investigating the benefits and risks of using #statins for primary prevention of #CardiovascularDiseases #CVDs and all-cause mortality in old and very old adults.Annals of Int Med doi.org/10.7326/M24-00… Wanchun (Wendy) Xu Cindy Lam Eric YF Wan #CSMPR #HKU #HKUMed

Our amazing work on a seemingly simple but important evidence in Annals of Int Med that statins work well even in old people aged ≥ 85 yrs. Thanks awesome students Wanchun (Wendy) Xu, Amanda, supervisor Cindy Lam and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health collaborator Goodarz Danaei. doi.org/10.7326/M24-00…

Pre-existing heart failure is identified as a unique subphenotype associated with poor prognosis after hip fractures; congrats Dr. CL Cheung HKU Pharmacy HKU Medicine on this excellent work! rdcu.be/dJfmP

Latest paper by @CLCheung37090 team unveiling the unique clinical #phenotypes of hip #fracture patients and the temporal association with #CardiovascularEvents #CVEs Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s41467… HKU Pharmacy #CSMPR #HKU #HKUMed #HKUPharm #pharmacy #research

Our recent Nitin Joshi paper shows Tixagevimab–cilgavimab is effective in reducing #COVID19 infection among #immunocompromised patients. Read our target trial emulation study: doi.org/10.1007/s40264… Vincent Yan Rainee Yang Eric YF Wan HKU Pharmacy

Our study published on Nature Communications reassures the effectiveness and safety of switching from low-molecular-weight heparin #LMWH to Direct Oral Anticoagulants #DOACs among patients with cancer-associated #thromboembolism. Read the full study: doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Proud to share Claire Cuiling WEI's first 1st-author paper FMCH Journal of The BMJ group (5-Year IF = 5.9); we are one of the first teams in the world to use #TTE and #CCW in health services research and show great value in primary care post-covid (1/3) fmch.bmj.com/content/12/3/e…

Our important study in antiviral medications for patients with COVID-19 published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Many thanks Ivan Hung, MD FRCP (Lon,Edin) @mhchoijohn Prof Ian Wong Esther Chan @ CSMPR HKU HKU Medicine Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU HKU Pharmacy thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Our another study in statin collaborating with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Yale University published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology showed no increase risk of cancers after statin use. Many thanks Wanchun (Wendy) Xu Goodarz Danaei HKU Medicine Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU HKU Pharmacy jclinepi.com/article/S0895-…

My PhD extension study in 10-year risk prediction of CVD in diabetes population published in Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. Many thanks my PhD supervisor Cindy Lam and all co-authors. HKU Medicine Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU HKU Pharmacy doi.org/10.1111/dom.15…

Study by Yi Chai found that early intervention services #EIS was associated with reduced #selfharm and #suicide rates among all patients with first-episode #schizophrenia #FES. Full study: doi.org/10.1001/jamane… HKU Pharmacy #CSMPR #HKU #HKUMed #HKUPharm #pharmacy #research

【Join Us Soon! 🔔】 IDS Scholar Seminar #11 by Prof Qingpeng Zhang on cancer therapy and machine learning, with details as follows: 📆 Date: October 28, 2024 (Mon) ⏰ Time: 10:30am - 11:30am HKT 💻 Website: datascience.hku.hk/seminar2024102… See you there 🙌🏻🥳 #HKU #hkudatascience

Our study reveals persistently elevated rates of psychotropic drug prescriptions beyond the initial phase of the pandemic among patients with depression and anxiety in the post-pandemic era. The Lancet Psychiatry thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Our lab's new finding: longer #multimorbidity intervals (time between disease occurrence) are associated with lower mortality risk in #diabetes Our lab alumni Wenlong LIU's first-author paper in JPCCH (IF=3.0), the world's 6th best primary care journal! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21…

Happy to share the 1st 1st-author PhD publication by my 1st RPg student Yuqi Hu! Published in PLOS Medicine, findings demonstrate an elevated but rather rare risk of hematological malignancy associated with clozapine use #Cancer #schizophrenia dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…