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A smoking cessation intervention delivered via telephone resulted in greater smoking cessation rates than usual care among individuals enrolled in targeted lung health screening, according to results of the QuLIT*2 study from the UK presented at ERS 2022.

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) can benefit from a dietitian-led intensive dietary intervention, including frequent dietary education, which helps promote more healthful eating patterns, a recent study has found.

Treatment with bimekizumab for up to 2 years appears to be tolerated well in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, with no increased risk of adverse events (AEs) aside from a higher frequency of mild-to-moderate oral candidiasis, according to pooled analyses of data from eight randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Extended duration perioperative thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin tinzaparin (administered before and for 56 days after surgery) does not lead to longer disease-free survival at 3 years in patients with localized invasive colorectal cancer undergoing surgical resection, reports a study.

In the phase II TRAIL1 trial, oral pirfenidone slowed the rate of decline in lung function in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD).

Men with Trichomoniasis vaginalis infections appear to be at an elevated risk of prostate cancer (PCa) and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), according to a recent study.