obstructive
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Investors will watch for updates on drug candidates camizestrant for breast cancer, tozorakimab for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and efzimfotase alfa for rare disease hypophosphatasia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
A medication called sulthiame may help people with obstructive sleep apnea breathe more easily during the night and sleep better overall.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
This helps lower the likelihood that the upper airway will collapse during sleep, which is the main cause of obstructive sleep apnea.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
The former carer and assistant social worker had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease meaning she sometimes needed to use oxygen tanks.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Of all the dark, obstructive, enigmatic souls I had met in this bleak city, his was the darkest.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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