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Surgical lung biopsy (SLB) neither reduces lung function nor increases the risk of death or lung transplantation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), reports a study.

Findings from the phase III KRYSTAL-12 trial underpin the treatment potential of adagrasib for previously treated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbouring a KRAS^G12C mutation.

In Singapore, short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) is often overused for asthma, especially in the specialist care setting, according to data from the SABINA III study.

Undernutrition has been singled out as a potential risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) in a recent Cochrane review.

Off-label pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-targeted drugs may increase long-term survival in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), as shown in a study.

Outpatients with post-COVID condition (PCC) generally tolerated exercise without significant worsening of symptoms or decline in aerobic performance after 48 hours. However, they had lower muscle strength and aerobic capacity than controls, and even showed signs of POTS* and myopathy in a randomized crossover trial.

People diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) face a worse prognosis if they also have untreated or complicated diabetes mellitus (DM), according to a study.

Lung ultrasound (LUS), a low-cost tool with a high negative predictive value, can be a useful instrument for dismissing the presence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), suggests a study.

Supplementation with virgin coconut oil (VCO) helped alleviate symptoms and inflammation in individuals with COVID-19, as shown in a single-blind study.