Medscape Medical Minute

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Broader eligibility for diet drugs could increase the number of Medicare beneficiaries taking semaglutide to 15 million; Dr F. Perry Wilson looks at myocarditis risk from the COVID vaccine vs from getting COVID; and an ethicist says vaccine hesitancy has now spread to pet owners not getting rabies shots for their animals. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A race-neutral policy on eGFR facilitates kidney transplants for Black patients; doctors provide tips on the best ways to get patients to exercise; and Medscape reports on the power of neurology advocacy groups. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Inflammation may contribute to the development of psychiatric disorders; age-related hearing loss and peripheral neuropathy are linked to decreased longevity; and a study finds that spouses of patients with cancer have an elevated risk for suicide. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Two randomized trials show that a drug reduces the frequency of vasomotor symptoms in menopausal women; untreated hypertension may increase risk for Alzheimer's disease; and pollution from wildfires is linked to more hospitalizations for asthma. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Flexibility in middle age is linked to later mortality; home foreclosures may hasten cognitive decline; and two states draw patients from out of state for medical aid in dying. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Tirzepatide may provide more clinical benefits than GLP-1 drugs do; cannabidiol use is more common in pregnant women than in nonpregnant women; and a nonstatin cholesterol-lowering drug is associated with lower liver cancer risk. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The percentage of positive COVID tests is at the highest level in 2 years; a study finds a high rate of success with uterus transplants; and concern over expertise at medical spas grows. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A Medscape survey finds general discontent among physicians with the RVU reimbursement system; GLP-1 drugs are associated with lower rates of hyperkalemia than DPP-4is are in patients with type 2 diabetes; and having a childhood pet may reduce the risk for Crohn's disease. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Even low alcohol intake in people over 60 is associated with early death; an advanced brain-computer interface restores speech to a patient with ALS; and an analysis concludes that a newly approved COPD drug may not be cost-effective. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A new study finds that many pediatric patients are not being properly triaged in emergency departments; clinicians ask the American Psychiatric Association to change the name of posttraumatic stress disorder; and ultraprocessed foods may increase microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872