Medscape Medical Minute

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.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Long-term antidepressant use linked to cardiovascular disease; higher ultraprocessed food consumption in mothers increases children's obesity; and the fine line for doctors between obesity acceptance and its health consequences.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The new dominant symptom for COVID-19; the wrong day for the FDA's drug alerts; and the winner of the Lasker award is a pioneer in prenatal testing.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The animal virus that could spill over into humans; new support for universal genetic testing for women with breast cancer; and exploring shame in medicine.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Medical cannabis use helps patients get off of opioids; schools are a major source of COVID-19; and $18 billion spent by CMS on drugs not proven to work.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Statin use decreases breast cancer mortality; palliative care program reduces heart failure in hospital deaths; and real-world data on monkeypox vaccine show high effectiveness.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: CDC drops masking requirement in healthcare settings; opioid epidemic triples in cost; and the effectiveness of once-weekly insulin in type 2 diabetes.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A rare win for an Alzheimer's drug that slows cognitive decline; the artificial pancreas is one step closer to reality; and gender discrimination in physician payouts from drug and device companies.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Abortion decision increases the number of teens seeking long-acting birth control; Canada's successful program for reducing opioid overdoses; and the condition responsible for one third of emergency department visits.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The best eating pattern for shift workers to avoid mood symptoms; children with mild TBI at risk for mental health problems; and less than 2% have gotten the new booster.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Hysterectomy a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in younger women; race-based kidney function equations inequitable for Black patients; and tracking Parkinson's disease progress with home monitoring.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Genetic cancer therapy is successful in lupus; shivering lowers glucose in type 2 diabetes patients; and the benefits of initiating aggressive lipid lowering early in STEMI patients.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The best reason to get the new booster; game-changing treatment for diabetic foot ulcers; and what new fatherhood is doing to men's brains.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Many hypertension patients are never told to check their blood pressure; increased cancer risk for children of assisted reproduction technique; and could you get a COVID diagnosis from a mobile phone?

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: The average number of months to cancer diagnosis in the US; academic scores for kids improve with exercise; and do four cups of tea a day really reduce diabetes risk?

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Dallas anesthesiologist arrested in IV bag deadly drug injections case; pregnant cancer patients fear breaking new anti-abortion laws; and climate change weather events plaguing hospitals.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: Hyperbaric oxygen effective for treatment of long COVID; Omicron caused decline in home test performance; and the screening message that came out of the filming of two actors' colonoscopies.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: What type of step is best for getting to 10,000 steps a day; the forest is better than the city for brain health; and the link between cognitive decline and periodontal health.

On today's Medscape Medical Minute: Unvaccinated individuals are 10 times more likely to be hospitalized for Omicron; using psychedelics to reduce depression in terminal patients; and why lupus affects women more than it does men.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: A first in artificial sweetener risk research; the body type for running fastest; and the surgeon, his gold chains, and the malpractice verdict of the rural jury.

Today on the Medscape Medical Minute: DOs entering physician workforce at record levels; FDA expands testing for monkeypox; and community oncologists warn of the devastating effect of CMS physician fee cuts.