May 12, 2026

Makary Resigns as FDA Commissioner Following Policy Disputes

Transition follows disputes over vaccine policy, food additive regulation, and flavored vaping product authorization

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May 12, 2026

School-Based Screening Method May Improve Hypertension Diagnoses 

Novel program enabled large-scale blood pressure screening and identified elevated readings in community setting.

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May 12, 2026

Flu Hospitalization Tied to Diabetes Risk

A large English cohort study found influenza hospitalization more than doubled the short-term risk of new-onset diabetes, with prediabetes and critical care admission among the strongest predictors.

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May 11, 2026

Primary Care Is Starving While Training Hospitals Feast

Internal medicine residents are choosing primary care at the lowest rates in a decade — and the system is built to make sure they do.

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May 11, 2026

Semaglutide Linked to NAION Risk

A retrospective database study found a low absolute incidence but higher relative hazard of ischemic optic neuropathy following semaglutide initiation.

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May 11, 2026

Stewardship Cuts Steroid Prescribing

Behaviorally informed peer comparison feedback was associated with a gradual decline in glucocorticoid prescribing

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May 11, 2026

Ultrasound Attenuation Imaging Tracks Hepatic Steatosis

Attenuation imaging increased with visually graded steatosis severity in pediatric patients, but findings were not validated against MRI-PDFF or biopsy.

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May 11, 2026

Remote Diet Support Studied in Diabetes

WhatsApp-based low-carbohydrate nutrition education was linked to short-term glycemic, weight, and medication-use improvements in a small primary care trial

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May 11, 2026

Wearables May Boost T2D Mobility

Outpatient intervention combined physiotherapist counseling with wrist-worn activity monitoring.

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May 11, 2026

Health, Social Needs Tied to Absences

National survey data suggest overlapping chronic health and social needs are associated with higher rates of illness-related missed school days among US children.

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