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The prevalence of non-allergic asthma was elevated among successful competitive cross-country skiers compared with the general population due to their intensive training schedule, researchers reported in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.“The prevalence of asthma has not been thoroughly assessed by performance level in cross-country skiers, but one might speculate that asthma is most
The addition of tislelizumab to first-line chemotherapy extended OS among patients with advanced esophageal cancer, according to study results presented at European Society for Medical Oncology World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer.The combination conferred a significant survival benefit regardless of PD-L1 status, results of the randomized phase 3 RATIONALE 306 study showed.
Patients who began taking or who switched biologics for severe asthma consistently experienced meaningfully reduced exacerbations, according to a real-world analysis published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. As a result, individual approaches to treatment could improve outcomes, the researchers continued.
The Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Board of Directors has unanimously voted to remove the race coefficient from eGFR equations.Several organizations have called for the removal of the race coefficient because it puts Black patients on the transplant list at a disadvantage. Following the vote by its board, the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) will be implementing a
Hospitalized adults with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk for future cardiovascular events with a dramatic decline in HbA1c coupled with long-term high glucose levels as measured by skin autofluorescence, according to study data. “Skin autofluorescence may help to define priorities in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes,” Vincent Rigalleau, MD, PhD, head of the diabetology unit, department