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Patients with type 2 asthma and who are using high-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) may fare well with dupilumab, which has been shown to reduce severe exacerbations and improve lung function and asthma control in a recent study.

A large systematic review and meta-analysis of women undergoing assisted reproduction has shown that the use of short gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist protocols, compared with long GnRH agonist protocols, during controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) may reduce the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) while having no major impact on live birth rates. 

Use of the AutoAnthro scanning technology, a handheld 3D imaging system, in children aged <60 months has yielded many poor results for anthropometric data quality, accuracy, and precision compared to expert manual measurements of length or height, midupper arm circumference (MUAC), and head circumference (HC), especially for those aged <24 months, reports a recent study.

A recent study using real-world data has found that antihypertensive therapy with angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) can be initiated for kidney protection even in a primary care setting.

A diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appears to carry an increased risk of developing subsequent Parkinson’s disease among elderly men, as reported in a study.

In patients with infectious keratitis, Rose Bengal (RB) photodynamic antimicrobial therapy (PDAT) mitigates the need for therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty, as shown in a recent study. However, keratoplasty after RB-PDAT may increase the chances of graft survival at 1 year postoperatively.