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Exclusionary testing, involving upfront testing for EGFR and ALK followed by next-generation sequencing (NGS) for other genomic alterations (GAs), is the most efficient and cost-saving molecular testing strategy for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Hong Kong and perhaps East Asia, researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have reported.

In patients with heart failure (HF) and preserved ejection fraction, treatment with empagliflozin delivers comparable benefits in reducing first hospitalization for HF or cardiovascular death (primary outcome) between users and nonusers of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA), reports a study.

Individuals with potential chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the psychological and cachectic clusters appear to be at increased risk of mortality over 25 years of follow-up, according to a population-based Norwegian study. In addition, these clusters appear to increase the risk of severe COPD exacerbations.

In individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D), greater variability in adiposity indices (BMI and waist circumference [WC]) was tied to increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes and death – but an intensive weight loss programme mitigated this risk, a study suggests.

The use of a robotic exoskeleton is a feasible intervention to assist mobilization in patients with advanced heart failure, according to a recent study.

Low-dose aspirin reduces risks of some common gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC) and gastric cancer (GC), in Chinese without atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), compared with paracetamol, the first population-wide study from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has shown.