Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The AMA is unhappy with Congress’s failure to act on Medicare payment cuts for physicians; the FDA updates which food products can be labeled as “healthy”; and COVID-19 continues to retreat from being a top cause of death in the United States. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Black children may be more likely than White children to be suspected of experiencing child abuse; a guideline recommends metformin when initiating antipsychotic treatment to mitigate weight gain; and a look at who should be screening for gambling disorders. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Union drives jump among private-sector doctors; researchers examine substances in watch bands; and medical schools incorporate instruction about AI. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A study finds that statin users may have significantly higher risk for glaucoma; Danish researchers conclude that steroid use may impair myocardial blood flow in young men; and growing calls for health warning labels on social media. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Dr F. Perry Wilson on taxi drivers and preventing Alzheimer’s; virtual visits for UTIs increase; and prenatal cannabis use does not help with depression. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A 700% increase in overdose deaths from a drug used to tranquilize elephants; transgender and gender-diverse adolescents take fewer steps per day than their cisgender peers; and researchers examine the association between acute pancreatitis and the development of diabetes. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Deep brain stimulation improves walking in patients with spinal cord injury; CDC data show a 7% drop in childhood flu vaccinations; and dietary supplement use increases the odds of initiating steroids in young men. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: US schools increase education in mental health and suicide prevention but decrease programs about substance use; new research finds that patients with BRCA mutations and breast cancer before age 40 years benefit from risk-reducing surgeries; and the whistleblower cardiologist who was fired by his hospital after reporting that a colleague was doing unnecessary procedures. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The American Diabetes Association releases new standards of care; the USPSTF updates its cervical cancer screening guidelines; and a CDC study finds that giving a neuraminidase inhibitor to patients with influenza on the day of hospital admission is associated with less severe clinical outcomes. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Dr F. Perry Wilson on childhood tonsillectomy and later-life stress; leaded gas from cars is linked to psychiatric disorders in Gen Xers; and a mattress that could reduce sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872