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Women on menopausal hormone therapy are at risk of developing hypertension, particularly those using oral oestrogen plus a progestogen such as pregnane and norpregnane derivatives, according to a study.

Among women receiving immunosuppression treatment with mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTORi), the incidence of ovarian cyst appears to be a common adverse event, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Extending treatment with letrozole for 5 years improves disease-free survival (DFS) rates in postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer who have already received tamoxifen for 2–3 years, according to the GIM4* trial.

A small open-label study supports the safety and motor performance effectiveness of closed-loop adaptive deep-brain stimulation (aDBS) compared with conventional daily deep-brain stimulation (cDBS) sessions in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients.

Smoking increases the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients, but not in people without cancer, a recent study has found.

In the treatment of women with acute ischaemic stroke, mechanical thrombectomy is effective and can be safely performed during pregnancy or the postpartum period, as shown in a study.

Treatment with delgocitinib ointment, a topical Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, for paediatric atopic dermatitis (AD) is effective and well tolerated when applied for up to 56 weeks, according to a phase III trial and a subsequent open-label, long-term study in Japan.