Grace Halsey

A pivotal study with 40-year follow-up of post-bariatric surgery patients reinforces long-term benefits of the procedures on all-cause and cause-specific mortality.

AAFP president Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, urges gentle but persistent efforts among all clinicians to get school-aged children back on vaccination track.

The Kaiser Family Foundation survey found a 10% drop in the proportion of adults who say MMR vaccination should be required for school attendance, and other "halo" effects.

Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, MBA, converts the 93% immunization rate for US kindergarteners into raw numbers of children now vulnerable to vaccine-preventable disease.

Sustained weight loss with semaglutide 2.4 mg is a result of the drug's effects on control of eating, including reduced cravings and hunger and increased satiety, study authors write.

Bexagliflozin significantly improved glycemic control in adults when used as monotherapy, in combination with metformin, or when added to several SOC regimens.

Investigators report a 30% reduced risk of total joint replacement in persons with type 2 diabetes treated with metformin vs those who did not receive the drug.

Americans are putting off care, even for serious conditions, because of cost. Inflation may have driven the numbers to an all time high, a new survey suggests.

Australian investigators found a 14% higher risk of fracture for every 1-SD increment in level of HDL-C in community dwelling healthy adults aged ≥70 years.

This topline look at the KDIGO 2022 updated guideline highlights new recommendations for clinical use of SGLT2i, GLP-1 RA, and nonsteroidal MRA.

Ingestion of cannabis is now the cause of 1 in every 3 pediatric poisoning hospitalizations in Canadian provinces where edibles are sold legally.

The mRNA vaccine returned efficacy of 83.7% against RSV-associated lower respiratory tract disease defined by ≥2 symptoms and of 82.4% against disease defined by ≥3 symptoms.

In women with osteoporosis treated with abolaparatide, trabecular bone score increased significantly, reflecting improved bone microarchitecture and strength.

How to keep family planning conversations in primary care? First, you have to have them, says UC San Francisco professor of family community medicine, Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS.

Overall dyspnea was the most common symptom of long COVID in the first year after infection, according to the nationwide retrospective cohort study.

Clinician-directed conversations on contraception and family planning remove patients from the center of the visit which is where must be in a shared decision-making model.

For each cardiometabolic disease, the risk of all-cause dementia rose by 42%; the risk rose 26% for Alzheimer disease and 64% for vascular dementia. Temporal onset and genetics play key roles.

The 13 Key Action Steps in the AAP's landmark obesity guidelines reflect more than a decade of research on evaluation and treatment of the disease in children and adolescents.

Diabetes cases in the US among those younger than age 20 years, if left unchecked, are projected to increase by more than 600% by 2060, according to new projections.

A global prevalence of osteoporosis among persons with T2D of more than 25% calls for greater focus on screening for and managing the bone loss disease in this population.

If approved, nirsevimab would be the first single-dose RSV preventative option for the broad newborn and infant population in the US.

Adherence to several different healthy eating patterns was associated with reduced risk for all- and specific-cause mortality in a large prospective cohort study with 36 years of follow-up.

The comprehensive recommendations are the first in 15 years and focus on early evaluation and aggressive treatment that includes family support and accommodates social determinants of health.

The analysis of nearly 300 000 individuals found those with IBD were more likely than the general population to have hypertension and that only UC was independently associated.

Optimal glycemic control (less than 7%) in participants from the Look AHEAD trial was associated with smaller increases in frailty index score vs poorer control over the 8-year study period.

The in-person requirement for mifepristone dispensing was removed from the drug's REMS, potentially expanding access to women in need in a precarious environment.

In patients with IBS-D, 2 types of acupuncture delivered substantial improvements in abdominal pain score and frequency of loose stool after 4 weeks of treatment.

One study showed the boosters provide significant protection against hospitalization and ED care and the other found vaccine effectiveness of 84% in older adults.

About one-quarter of children with T2D are not obese, according to a meta-analysis, making comprehensive screening essential in the population.

Variable BMI patterns across the lifespan may be a prodromal marker of dementia; a pattern of midlife increase followed by decrease was associated with greatest risk.