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Simplified, tailored treatment for asthma improves patient outcomes
Simplified, tailored treatment for asthma improves patient outcomes
29 Nov 2023 byAudrey Abella

Asthma is a highly prevalent disease that can affect anybody regardless of age, race, and location. The overall burden of asthma remains severe. Despite the range of available therapies and well-established guidelines, there remains a significant unmet need in the management of asthma. [BMC Public Health 2012;12:860; Respir Res 2023;24:169; Eur Respir J 2014;43:343-373]

Simplified, tailored treatment for asthma improves patient outcomes
29 Nov 2023
COVID-19 infection ups CV risk in people living with HIV
COVID-19 infection ups CV risk in people living with HIV
29 Nov 2023 byElvira Manzano

People living with HIV (PLWH) who were diagnosed with COVID-19 had a 35-percent higher risk of a major cardiovascular (CV) event in the following year than PLWH without COVID in a Spanish study.

COVID-19 infection ups CV risk in people living with HIV
29 Nov 2023
Biweekly cabazitaxel plus G-CSF beneficial to certain older mCRPC patients
Biweekly cabazitaxel plus G-CSF beneficial to certain older mCRPC patients
27 Nov 2023

In the treatment of older patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who are considered unsuitable candidates for standard cabazitaxel (CBZ) regimens, treatment with CBZ at 16 mg/m2 (biweekly CBZ16) plus prophylactic granulocyte colony–stimulating factor (G-CSF) at each cycle helps reduce the risk of higher grade neutropenia and/or neutropenic complications while yielding similar clinical outcomes, according to the results of the phase III CABASTY trial.

Biweekly cabazitaxel plus G-CSF beneficial to certain older mCRPC patients
27 Nov 2023