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Young adults with chronic respiratory symptoms are at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality in midlife, with the risk increase independent of established cardiovascular risk factors, smoking and lung function, a study reports.

Late introduction of eggs, along with less frequent egg consumption, may place a child at increased risk of egg allergy during childhood, suggests a study presented at ACAAI 2021.

Use of nintedanib in the treatment of interstitial lung disease (ILD) appears to delay its progression in Japanese patients, independent of the fibrotic pattern on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), as shown in a subgroup analysis of the phase III INBUILD trial.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to wear mask to prevent the spread of the disease, but the increasing prevalence of masking has also resulted in a reduction in emergency department (ED) visits for other viral illnesses and exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a US study.

The combination immunotherapy of nivolumab (NIVO) and ipilimumab (IPI) continues to provide durable survival benefit over chemotherapy in the first-line setting in patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), despite the patients having been off immunotherapy for 1 year, according to the 3-year data from the CheckMate 743 trial presented at ESMO 2021.

In patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who require mechanical ventilation and deep sedation, the use of ketamine has a propofol- and vasopressor-sparing effect, as shown in a study.

Vaccination with the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine does not affect the rates of fertility, miscarriage, and other birth outcomes in women vaccinated before pregnancy, according to data from four ongoing clinical trials — adding to the body of evidence on the safety of COVID-19 vaccine in these women.