Medscape Medical Minute

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: 7% of US adults have long COVID; bariatric surgery bests GLP-1 agonist for weight loss in a new analysis; and exercise reduces functional disability in women with breast cancer.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: See a new survey on residents' views on training, compensation, and debt; analysis finds that adolescent girls are behind the majority of weight-related hashtags on TikTok; and the winners of the government's mask innovation contest are announced.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Are pot smokers at greater risk for lung damage vs tobacco smokers?; new evidence says mask mandates keep school kids from getting COVID-19; and racial disparities in early cancer trials are getting worse.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A second infection with COVID-19 increases the risk for death and hospitalization; Moderna's Omicron-targeted vaccine has mixed results against variants; and conservative treatment of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease produces better outcomes than does dialysis.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Continuous glucose monitors are increasingly being used in people without diabetes; meditation was found to be just as effective as antidepressants in the treatment of anxiety; and a new study offers clues as to why more women than men get Alzheimer's disease.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A dramatic decline in worldwide COVID-19 death rate; a first in-utero treatment of a rare disease; and what's significant about Pennsylvania senator-elect John Fetterman's stroke.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Are nasal sprays our way out of the pandemic?; stem cell therapy fails in an MS trial; and CAR-T treatment produces nearly 100% remission in childhood leukemia.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Supplements touted for heart benefits were found ineffective for lowering cholesterol; which of these mRNA vaccines for COVID has a lower risk for myocarditis?; and teens are increasingly reaching for e-cigarettes when they wake up.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Conservative management of chronic heart disease patients is no different from invasive treatment in an extended ISCHEMIA trial; did practicing physicians get it right for the best diuretic in hypertension?; and EPA shows benefit for coronary artery disease patients.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Why so many physicians work when they are sick; influenza-like illness has arrived a month ahead of schedule; and advanced cervical cancer is increasing in the US.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A hallucinogenic drug plus psychotherapy is effective for treatment-resistant depression; an adult diet drug produces significant weight loss in teens; and monkeypox can be spread before symptoms appear.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Secondary bloodstream infections are a new risk from COVID-19; radiation therapy for breast cancer may be shortened by 3 weeks; and time of day for exercise is important for glucose control in diabetes.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Are liberal policies lifesaving?; Medicare eases up on readmission penalties; and the CDC director has a COVID-19 rebound.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The powerful effects of nicotine on women's brains; the lingering effects of COVID-19 found in the thyroid; and a shortage of liquid amoxicillin.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The NIH picks the first drug to be tested for long COVID; the percentage of physicians who have call responsibilities and how many hours they do; and how birdsong can help patients with anxiety.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Hot flashes may not be clinically benign; cancer deaths in the US are down by 2%; and can erectile dysfunction drugs decrease Alzheimer's risk?

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Side effects after COVID-19 vaccination show that it's working; low-carbohydrate diet reduces A1c in diabetes; and breast cancer patients can become drug abusers from medication taken during chemotherapy

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Statin users hospitalized for COVID-19 do better than nonusers; opioid users who are carefully monitored have a low rate of illicit drug use; and milk, butter, and cheese have different health impacts on patients with angina.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Racial disparities in childbirth deaths blamed on racism; CDC director isolating with COVID; and stroke apps improve door-to-needle time.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: End of public health emergency may bring COVID vaccine cost and supply issues; the COVID lawsuits have arrived; and female doctors are more likely to be called by their first name by patients.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: One in seven older individuals died within a year of major surgery; 13% of oral cancer drugs never picked up; and four died in Florida from flesh-eating bacteria brought by Hurricane Ian.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A potential role for continuous glucose monitoring in people without diabetes; the new COVID subvariants are here; and the size of the gender gap for female physicians.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: SPRINT trial mortality benefits stopped when the trial ended; islet cell transplantation is durable up to 8 years in type 1 diabetes; and is the CDC's 5-day isolation recommendation the best approach?

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Home-based major depression treatment successful; doctors' views on discussing guns with their patients; and a more than $1 billion commitment to eradicating polio globally.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The Apple smartwatch is missing ECG abnormalities; youth and young adults hospitalized for psychiatric events not getting follow-up care; and how a stuffed animal, aromatherapy, and a nightlight are helping foster children sleep better.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Extending the effects of ketamine in treatment-resistant depression; how obstetrics ERs are making money for private equity firms; and how changes in abortion access are triggering a surge in vasectomy demand.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Omicron-targeted booster for children as young as 5 years gets FDA approval; women more dissatisfied than men with their cancer care; and does having neighbors who share a doctor make for healthier patients?

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: How many of us have lied about COVID?; shockwave therapy added to CABG aids patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy; and the metabolic and cardiac benefits of weight loss after bariatric surgery.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Over 85% of children have been infected with COVID; pediatricians say gun violence kills a classroom's worth of kids every day; and a warning not to lose the human element amid the AI boom.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Air pollution's radioactive dangers; the $2.8 million medical treatment; and malpractice insurance for criminal charges for performing abortions.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Long-term antidepressant use linked to cardiovascular disease; higher ultraprocessed food consumption in mothers increases children's obesity; and the fine line for doctors between obesity acceptance and its health consequences.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The new dominant symptom for COVID-19; the wrong day for the FDA's drug alerts; and the winner of the Lasker award is a pioneer in prenatal testing.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The animal virus that could spill over into humans; new support for universal genetic testing for women with breast cancer; and exploring shame in medicine.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Medical cannabis use helps patients get off of opioids; schools are a major source of COVID-19; and $18 billion spent by CMS on drugs not proven to work.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Statin use decreases breast cancer mortality; palliative care program reduces heart failure in hospital deaths; and real-world data on monkeypox vaccine show high effectiveness.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: CDC drops masking requirement in healthcare settings; opioid epidemic triples in cost; and the effectiveness of once-weekly insulin in type 2 diabetes.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A rare win for an Alzheimer's drug that slows cognitive decline; the artificial pancreas is one step closer to reality; and gender discrimination in physician payouts from drug and device companies.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Abortion decision increases the number of teens seeking long-acting birth control; Canada's successful program for reducing opioid overdoses; and the condition responsible for one third of emergency department visits.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The best eating pattern for shift workers to avoid mood symptoms; children with mild TBI at risk for mental health problems; and less than 2% have gotten the new booster.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Hysterectomy a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in younger women; race-based kidney function equations inequitable for Black patients; and tracking Parkinson's disease progress with home monitoring.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Genetic cancer therapy is successful in lupus; shivering lowers glucose in type 2 diabetes patients; and the benefits of initiating aggressive lipid lowering early in STEMI patients.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The best reason to get the new booster; game-changing treatment for diabetic foot ulcers; and what new fatherhood is doing to men's brains.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Many hypertension patients are never told to check their blood pressure; increased cancer risk for children of assisted reproduction technique; and could you get a COVID diagnosis from a mobile phone?

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The average number of months to cancer diagnosis in the US; academic scores for kids improve with exercise; and do four cups of tea a day really reduce diabetes risk?

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Dallas anesthesiologist arrested in IV bag deadly drug injections case; pregnant cancer patients fear breaking new anti-abortion laws; and climate change weather events plaguing hospitals.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Hyperbaric oxygen effective for treatment of long COVID; Omicron caused decline in home test performance; and the screening message that came out of the filming of two actors' colonoscopies.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: What type of step is best for getting to 10,000 steps a day; the forest is better than the city for brain health; and the link between cognitive decline and periodontal health.

On today's Medscape Medical Minute: Unvaccinated individuals are 10 times more likely to be hospitalized for Omicron; using psychedelics to reduce depression in terminal patients; and why lupus affects women more than it does men.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A first in artificial sweetener risk research; the body type for running fastest; and the surgeon, his gold chains, and the malpractice verdict of the rural jury.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: DOs entering physician workforce at record levels; FDA expands testing for monkeypox; and community oncologists warn of the devastating effect of CMS physician fee cuts.