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.