Given first-linetreatment for this disorder-use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to keep his airway open in sleep-the man's mood and cognition improved, along with his breathing.
The drug is still widely used as a first-linetreatment for anovulation and unexplained infertility, even though a 2008 study raised serious questions about whether it does much about the latter.
Of the 42 malaria-endemic countries in the African Region, 33 have adopted artemisinin-based combination therapy — the most effective antimalarial medicines available today — as first-linetreatment.