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Factors such as asthma, nitrogen oxide (NO2), home remodelling history, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), pet, mould, and age＜1 year appear to predispose children to chronic coughing, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

The investigational garsorasib, a potent KRASG12C inhibitor, appears to induce high response rate while having a manageable safety profile in patients with previously treated KRASG12C-mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to the results of a phase II study.

Use of bisphosphonates in women appears to neither prevent the development of hip osteoarthritis (OA) or pain nor delay radiographic changes over a 4-year follow-up, as shown in a study.

Young women who start taking hormonal contraceptives early in life may be at increased risk of endometriosis, as suggested in a study.

Within families, reducing leisure-time screen media use over 2 weeks can yield positive benefits for the mental health of children and adolescents, according to a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with the antibiotic doxycycline helps to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in high-risk populations, including female sex workers and HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM), according to two small studies.

Vitamin C deficiency is not uncommon among patients with haematological cancer, but vitamin C supplementation can help address this condition and even provide a survival benefit, suggests a study presented at EHA 2024.

In the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD), faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is safe but does not appear to deliver clinically meaningful improvements, according to a study.

A retrospective cohort study assessed the real-world effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in nonhospitalized elderly patients during transmission of Omicron sub-variants in Singapore.¹