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Surgical lung biopsy (SLB) neither reduces lung function nor increases the risk of death or lung transplantation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), reports a study.

Use of antibiotics appears to increase the risk of Kawasaki disease (KD) in children, reveals a study. KD development is potentially driven by gut microbiota changes due to antibiotic use.

Findings from the phase III KRYSTAL-12 trial underpin the treatment potential of adagrasib for previously treated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbouring a KRAS^G12C mutation.

In Singapore, short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) is often overused for asthma, especially in the specialist care setting, according to data from the SABINA III study.

Depressive symptoms are likely to occur in middle-aged and older men with hypogonadism, but low-grade persistent depressive disorder (LG-PDD) is rare, according to a study.

Treatment with tildrakizumab in patients with moderate-to-severe scalp psoriasis helps reduce scalp itch and improve quality of life when compared with placebo, with no new safety signals, as shown in a phase IIIb study.

In patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), moderate-intensity statin in combination with ezetimibe results in greater reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and better prevention of adverse outcomes when compared with high-intensity statin monotherapy, suggests a study.