Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Obesity specialists are wary of Groupon deals for weight loss drugs; brisk walking may be better than casual walking for preventing diabetes; and one subvariant accounts for up to half of the COVID cases in the United States. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: What all of those Zoom meetings are doing to your brain; chronic pain in adults is linked to childhood traumatic events; and a commentary questions CPAP's ability to improve CVD outcomes in patients with sleep apnea. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The World Health Organization declares JN.1 a standalone variant of interest for COVID-19; a California medical group agrees to pay $7 million to physicians forced to retire at age 75; and about half of patients on second-line diabetes drugs discontinue them within a year. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Cardiologists attack a report by a watchdog group alleging overuse of stents; KFF Health News says a mechanical heart pump is linked to 4500 reports of patient deaths; and relaxing training requirements for the use of buprenorphine did not increase prescriptions for the medication for opioid use disorder. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: New research shows how clinicians respond when AI provides biased information; obesity rates are rising among preschool children from low-income families; and the chances of developing long COVID vary significantly by state. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: 1 in 5 Americans have used CBD; a study finds that one third of thyroid ultrasounds don't identify any nodules; and the CDC reports a rare cluster of syphilis cases with ocular presentation. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Light therapy improves sleep for patients with Alzheimer's disease; screening for alcohol use disorder cuts hospital readmissions; and a small trial shows benefits of psychedelic medication for bipolar disorder. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Scarce access to healthy food is associated with an increased risk of dying from postmenopausal breast cancer; Dr F. Perry Wilson on new data showing an increase in prion disease; and frequent cell phone use is linked to lower sperm concentration. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872