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FMT eases anxiety, sleep disturbance in postacute COVID-19 syndrome patients
Patients with postacute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) may benefit from faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) treatment, which helps reduce anxiety and improve sleep quality, suggests a study.
Novel agent plus ritonavir shows favourable signals for mild-to-moderate COVID-19
A combination regimen comprising the novel agent GST-HG171 (also known as atilotrelvir) and ritonavir improves clinical symptom recovery and viral clearance in low-risk vaccinated adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, findings from a pivotal phase II/III study have shown.
SABA overused, increases all-cause mortality among HK asthma patients
Overuse of short-acting β2 agonists (SABA) is prevalent among patients with asthma in Hong Kong and associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality and hospital admissions, according to a local retrospective cohort study, which was part of the global SABINA (SABA Use in Asthma) research programme.
Arginine depletion plus chemo ups survival in rare lung cancer
In the pivotal phase II/III ATOMIC-Meso* trial, adding the first-in-class, arginine-depleting agent pegargiminase to standard first-line platinum-pemetrexed chemotherapy prolongs overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with treatment-naïve, nonresectable, nonepithelioid pleural mesothelioma.
COVID-19 to endanger public health until 2025, says study
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is over, the disease remains a threat as it is predicted to become a significant danger to public health in the next 2 years, particularly in the US, according to a study. Wide-ranging vaccination, however, can counter this potential problem.