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Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) appear to be beneficial to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, with a recent study suggesting that the use of such drugs may slow down progression of emphysema and lung function decline.

Survival benefit in patients with de novo stage IV nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) depends on the type of treatment received, with significantly better median overall survival (OS) seen with the use of small-molecule targeted therapy against epidermal growth factor receptor mutations and anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements than with best supportive care, reports a study.

Ketone supplements containing β-hydroxybutyrate yield potential neurocognitive benefits in individuals with obesity, specifically bolstering cognitive function and increasing cerebral blood flow, as reported in a recent study.

The antiviral monoclonal antibodies casirivimab-imdevimab appear to reduce the risk of hospitalization in patients with nonsevere COVID-19, as do bamlanivimab, bamlanivimab-etesevimab, and sotrovimab, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The humanized immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody risankizumab conferred long-term benefit for individuals with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who had inadequate responses to biologic and conventional synthetic DMARDs* (csDMARDs), according to the open-label extension (OLE) phase findings of the KEEPsAKE 1 and 2 trials presented at EADV 2021.