Medscape Medical Minute

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. 

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A hallucinogenic drug plus psychotherapy is effective for treatment-resistant depression; an adult diet drug produces significant weight loss in teens; and monkeypox can be spread before symptoms appear.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Secondary bloodstream infections are a new risk from COVID-19; radiation therapy for breast cancer may be shortened by 3 weeks; and time of day for exercise is important for glucose control in diabetes.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Are liberal policies lifesaving?; Medicare eases up on readmission penalties; and the CDC director has a COVID-19 rebound.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The powerful effects of nicotine on women's brains; the lingering effects of COVID-19 found in the thyroid; and a shortage of liquid amoxicillin.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The NIH picks the first drug to be tested for long COVID; the percentage of physicians who have call responsibilities and how many hours they do; and how birdsong can help patients with anxiety.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Hot flashes may not be clinically benign; cancer deaths in the US are down by 2%; and can erectile dysfunction drugs decrease Alzheimer's risk?

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Side effects after COVID-19 vaccination show that it's working; low-carbohydrate diet reduces A1c in diabetes; and breast cancer patients can become drug abusers from medication taken during chemotherapy

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Statin users hospitalized for COVID-19 do better than nonusers; opioid users who are carefully monitored have a low rate of illicit drug use; and milk, butter, and cheese have different health impacts on patients with angina.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Racial disparities in childbirth deaths blamed on racism; CDC director isolating with COVID; and stroke apps improve door-to-needle time.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: End of public health emergency may bring COVID vaccine cost and supply issues; the COVID lawsuits have arrived; and female doctors are more likely to be called by their first name by patients.

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.