July 02, 2025

Body Fat Percentage Outranks BMI for Mortality

New research shows body fat percentage predicts long-term mortality more accurately than BMI, suggesting a need to revise how body composition is measured in clinical care.

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July 02, 2025

Metabolic Syndrome Strongly Linked to Oral Diseases

New research highlights strong associations between metabolic syndrome and several oral diseases—including periodontitis, caries, and peri-implantitis—calling for more longitudinal studies to explore causation and improve patient care.

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June 30, 2025

Can Typos Change a Diagnosis?

Large language models used in clinical decision-making may offer different treatment recommendations depending on how a patient writes their message—even when the medical facts remain unchanged.

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June 27, 2025

CGM Boosts Wound Healing, Lowers A1c: Study

Short-term CGM use improved A1c, wound healing, and reduced ED visits in diabetic foot patients, per data from ADA’s 85th Scientific Sessions.

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June 27, 2025

Weight Loss Drugs, Heavier Implications

New guidance positions GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP therapies as frontline options for long-term weight management—with profound implications for cardiovascular outcomes, access equity, and chronic disease care.

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June 27, 2025

New Guidance Targets Risk-Based Diabetes Care

A new review outlines updated strategies for diagnosing and managing type 2 diabetes, recommending earlier use of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with cardiovascular or kidney conditions.

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June 27, 2025

Once-Monthly Drug Cuts Weight by 16%: Study

A once-monthly injectable GLP-1/GIP modulator demonstrated substantial weight loss in adults with obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes.

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June 26, 2025

Is Alternate-Day Fasting Most Effective?

A review of 99 randomized trials found that all intermittent fasting and calorie-restricted diets reduced body weight, with alternate day fasting offering the most benefit over other strategies in short-term studies.

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June 25, 2025

Medical Oddities: Tomb Fungus, Cancer Hope?

Hot nights, healing skin, and ancient fungus: medicine’s weirdest wins this week.

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