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July 15, 2026

Low IMA Ligation Did Not Significantly Reduce Leaks

A randomized trial found similar short-term morbidity and 12-month functional outcomes with both approaches, while highlighting the need to balance perfusion with a tension-free anastomosis.

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July 15, 2026

Does High PCT Warrant Longer Therapy?

In a planned BALANCE analysis, elevated day 7 procalcitonin was associated with higher mortality, but the small subgroup analysis found no evidence that extending antibiotics from 7 to 14 days improved outcomes.

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June 27, 2026

GLP-1 Drugs Tied to Smell, Taste Changes

A matched electronic health record study of more than 876,000 patients with type 2 diabetes found a low absolute incidence but higher relative hazard of documented smell and taste disturbances among patients prescribed glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists.

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June 23, 2026

Side Effects: Sour Mouth, Lower BP

Acidic gum beat sugar-free at cranking out nitric oxide from beetroot juice — exactly backward from what test-tube studies predicted. Also this week: a sleep gene that ignores amyloid, and jackfruit sap moonlighting as a bone-building drug delivery system.

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June 19, 2026

Sunscreen Myths Draw TikTok Engagement

Health-related critiques of sunscreen were uncommon, but videos containing critique drew more audience interaction than promotion-only videos.

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June 18, 2026

Bicarbonate in Cardiac Arrest: Any Benefit?

A first-of-its-kind randomized trial in in-hospital cardiac arrest found no statistically significant increase in sustained return of spontaneous circulation with sodium bicarbonate vs placebo.

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June 17, 2026

Earlier Egg Intake Linked to Less Allergy

Population-based data suggest uptake of updated feeding recommendations coincided with modest declines in egg allergy prevalence, particularly among infants with early eczema.

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