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.