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A novel once-a-day inhaler for asthma that contains a fixed-dose combination of the corticosteroid mometasone furoate (MF), the long-acting beta-agonist indacaterol acetate (IND), and the long-acting muscarinic antagonist glycopyrronium bromide (GLY) appears to have a favourable effect in patients with persistent airflow limitation (PAL), according to a post hoc analysis of the IRIDIUM study.

Too much and too little consumption of phosphorus in the diet are deemed risky in relation to the likelihood of developing diabetes, with a study showing a U-shaped association between the phosphorous intake and new-onset diabetes.

The duration of antiviral prescribing has become much shorter with the introduction of the Biofire Filmarray meningitis/encephalitis (M/E) panel, a study has shown. However, its influence on antibiotic prescribing or health services in a paediatric hospital is minimal.

Weight gain among adults appears to speed up a person’s biological age, with a recent study showing the associations of maximal overweight, nonobese to obese, and stable obesity across adulthood with accelerated biological ageing. On the other hand, weight loss from young to middle adulthood tends to slow down biological ageing.

Complement C3 levels may be used as a predictor of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), suggests a study. In addition, body mass index (BMI) may have a mediating role in the association between C3 and T2DM, offering clues for diabetes pathogenesis.

The adjuvant chemotherapy regimen epirubicin plus paclitaxel (EP) appears to be as good as the regimen that consists of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel (EC-P) in the treatment of Asian women with operable ERBB2-negative breast cancer, according to the results of an open-label phase III trial.

In a recent study, seliciclib therapy demonstrates its potential in reversing hypercortisolism by directly targeting pituitary corticotrophs in Cushing disease (CD). However, the agent is associated with liver toxicity, which is resolved by withdrawing treatment.