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Empowering mums to self-monitor their blood pressure (BP) with a physician-guided titration of antihypertensive medications helps lower postpartum BP level after a pregnancy complicated by hypertension, as shown in the POP-HT trial.

In the phase III BOREAS trial, the monoclonal antibody dupilumab conferred multiple benefits for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 (T2) inflammation.

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.

Multiple risk factors for pulmonary hypertension such as age, sex, and weight, among others, do not appear to influence the severity of interstitial lung disease (ILD), according to a recent study presented at APSR 2023.

Simply developing evidence-based recommendations is not enough to improve asthma care. These recommendations should also be disseminated and implemented at national and local levels, then integrated into routine clinical practice to have a positive effect on patient outcomes, according to an expert.

In patients with poor asthma control, switching from fluticasone propionate (FP) monotherapy to inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) combination therapy may help improve symptom control and reduce the use of reliever or rescue medications, according to a study.