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Once weekly injection of semaglutide causes weight loss in obese patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), with positive shifts in symptoms and improvements in physical limitations in the STEP-HFpEF trial presented at ESC 2023.

In the phase III INSPIRE study, the novel, potent ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) iruplinalkib conferred a progression-free survival (PFS) benefit in patients with TKI-naïve, locally advanced, or metastatic ALK+ non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

For long-term users of combined oral contraceptives (COC), short-term hormonal withdrawal that occurs during the once-a-month pill pause appears to be accompanied by a significant increase in negative affect, anxiety, and mental health symptoms, regardless of COC type, as reported in a study.

Treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) results in significant weight loss in patients with obesity or overweight without diabetes, a study has shown. In addition, the best GLP-1RA agent appears to be semaglutide, showing superior efficacy and low-to-moderate risk of side effects.

Treatment with five-alpha reductase inhibitors (5αRIs) does not appear to elevate the risk of hospitalization for heart failure (HF), myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, or cardiovascular death among men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a study has shown.