TikTok’s cortisol face trend meets endocrine reality
1. TikTok’s “cortisol face” trend has led more patients to request cortisol testing for facial puffiness, weight gain, or stress-related...
Chronic Disease
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Semaglutide (Ozempic) raises questions about mood and nonresponse
1. Reports of emotional flattening among some users of semaglutide (Ozempic) have brought new attention to how glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor...
Telehealth yields modest improvements in diabetes outcomes
1. In this randomized trial, a comprehensive telehealth program produced modest but non-significant improvements in glycemic control compared with self-monitoring...
The Scan by 2 Minute Medicine®: celebrity whole-body MRI craze floods clinics, cruise ship hantavirus outbreak prompts global tracing, “Ozempic personality” raises new questions, and TikTok’s “cortisol face” trend drives endocrine workups
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High intake of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma
1. Increased intake of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, while intake of...
2MM: AI Roundup: Food and Drug Administration reviews liver injury prediction tool, Joint Commission launches healthcare artificial intelligence certification, governance playbooks aim to standardize adoption, and pediatric hospitals bring generative tools to the frontline
Food and Drug Administration reviews artificial intelligence tool for liver injury prediction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing...
Food coloring additives are associated with higher incidence of type 2 diabetes
1. Several widely consumed natural and synthetic food coloring additives were associated with higher type 2 diabetes incidence. Evidence Rating...
Guideline-based lymph node sampling is not associated with increased postoperative complications in lung cancer
1. Lymph node sampling with the 3 + 1 rule was not associated with increased postoperative complications after lung cancer resection. Evidence...
Statin use after but not before breast cancer diagnosis is associated with improved mortality in hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer
1. Prediagnostic statin use was not associated with higher survival among patients with early breast cancer. 2. Postdiagnostic statin use...
Guselkumab (Tremfya) strengthens its case for protecting joints in psoriatic arthritis
1. The FDA has expanded the label for guselkumab (Tremfya) to include evidence that it can inhibit progression of structural...
