June 11, 2026

When Bad Data Enters the Drug Pipeline

Federal prosecutors allege that a Florida physician and research staff fabricated clinical trial records that were submitted into database systems used to evaluate investigational drugs.

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June 10, 2026

COPD Severity Tied to Life Expectancy

A pooled US cohort study estimated years of life lost across airflow obstruction severity, including among adults who never smoked.

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June 09, 2026

Less Sitting in Pregnancy Tied to Lower Risk

Pregnant patients who sat less and moved more at light intensity had a lower risk of adverse outcomes in a prospective cohort study, but the findings do not prove causation.

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June 05, 2026

Can Finerenone Alter Glomerular Disease Trajectory?

A prespecified exploratory analysis of the FIND-CKD clinical trial examined kidney function, albuminuria, and kidney failure outcomes in 903 patients with glomerular diseases.

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May 28, 2026

Medical Oddities: Can a Home Be Preventive Care?

This week’s medical plot twists involved ants, architecture, and auditory hallucinations.

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May 28, 2026

Top 10 States With Rising Demand for Physicians

These 10 states report physician shortages, projected physician supply gaps, or physician-to-population ratios below national benchmarks.

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May 27, 2026

AD Not Linked to Early CV Risk Markers

Repeated assessments from childhood to early adulthood did not identify consistent cardiometabolic risk patterns by disease activity or severity.

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May 27, 2026

Ensitrelvir Reduced COVID After Household Exposure

In SCORPIO-PEP, symptomatic COVID-19 occurred in 3% vs 9% of household contacts by day 10.

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May 27, 2026

GLP-1 Drugs Tied to Lower Addiction Risk

In a target-trial emulation of more than 600,000 veterans, GLP-1 RA initiators saw fewer new substance use disorders—and patients with existing SUDs had fewer overdoses, hospitalizations, and deaths.

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May 27, 2026

Side Effects: They Googled It

Patients are mining Reddit and TikTok for symptom intel while you're not — and a small study calls it epistemic injustice. Different knowledge, mutually unrecognized. Maybe ask where they've been reading before you wave it off as anecdote.

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