Medscape Medical Minute

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Dr F. Perry Wilson on longevity and standing on one leg; patients with cancer have higher bankruptcy rates and lower credit scores; and the dilemma for health systems when hackers ask for a ransom. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: One in 14 patients suffer harm from diagnostic errors; adults with dry eye are more than three times as likely to have mental health conditions; and tenecteplase improves recovery from acute ischemic stroke compared with alteplase. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A 30-minute jog lowers glucose levels; wastewater monitoring detects a biomarker of avian flu a month before the first confirmed case; and Dutch research shows that molecular stool testing could reduce colonoscopies. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: New evidence from over 1 million people finds that diet drugs might help treat addiction; ACOG updates its breast cancer screening guidelines to call for initiation at a younger age; and a Nature study shows that more than 14,000 substances used by the food industry can migrate into food products. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Conversion practices aimed at gender identity or sexual orientation are associated with increased depressive disorders; teens and adolescents are more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes following COVID infection; and transplant recipients with HIV can safely receive kidneys from HIV-positive donors. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The White House, CDC, FDA, and Baxter weigh in on the IV fluid shortage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene; GLP-1 drugs given to adolescents with obesity may decrease risk for suicide; and November 3 poses a hazard for millions of patients with diabetes. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Dr F. Perry Wilson on the uneven distribution of excess deaths from COVID; bright light therapy is associated with a strong remission rate in patients with nonseasonal depressive disorders; and the growing popularity of at-home, do-it-yourself brain stimulation devices for psychiatric conditions. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: New findings suggest that patients with cardiovascular disease are at higher risk for long COVID; air pollution is associated with premature mortality in type 2 diabetes; and the researcher who experimented on herself to get answers about sleep and brain connectivity. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Hospitals face an IV fluid shortage due to hurricanes; smartphone data might help identify older adults at risk for dementia; and legislators propose a ban on contaminated poppy seeds linked to fatal overdoses. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: More than half of peer reviewers for major medical journals receive industry payments; Dr Valentin Fuster predicts clinicians will start imaging subclinical heart disease in 30-year-olds; and cancer survivors with overweight or obesity have higher risk for a second primary cancer. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989872