July 17, 2026

Effect of Socioeconomic Status on SGLT2 Initiation in Heart Failure

A nationwide German claims analysis found lower initiation of guideline-recommended sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors among women and patients living in lower-income municipalities.

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July 16, 2026

Remote Testing May Capture Subtle Changes in Early Alzheimer’s Disease

Remote assessments detected memory changes over 30 weeks in patients with mild cognitive impairment, whereas conventional neuropsychological testing did not detect differences in short-term decline.

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July 16, 2026

A Sales Tax on Doctor Visits and Medicine? In Missouri, Some Worry

Voters will decide whether to expand lawmakers' authority to tax currently exempt healthcare goods and services, raising concerns about patient costs and healthcare access.

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July 15, 2026

Breastfeeding May Help Infants Achieve Adequate Sleep

A nationwide birth cohort found lower odds of short sleep at 1 year among infants breastfed during the first 6 months of life, regardless of formula supplementation.

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July 15, 2026

Joint Site May Influence RA Treatment Response

A Swiss registry study found that the wrist and second and third metacarpophalangeal joints consistently resolved more slowly than most other joints following biologic or targeted synthetic therapy.

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July 14, 2026

Are GLP-1s Linked to Optic Neuropathy?

A nationwide Swedish cohort found a higher relative risk of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy among GLP-1 receptor agonist users, but the overall risks were low.

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July 13, 2026

Side Effects: Signals in Strange Places

From breathier speech to breastfeeding history, metamaterial eye coils, and antifibrotic GLP-1 effects in mice, this week’s studies remind us that the most interesting signal is often hiding somewhere clinicians were not looking.

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July 13, 2026

Menstrual Fluid May Aid in Endometriosis Detection

Single-nucleus sequencing of menstrual fluid identified epithelial gene signatures and prioritized five candidate biomarkers that warrant validation in larger studies.

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July 09, 2026

Top 10 CDC Updates Physicians Should Know

Recent CDC advisories, testing updates, and immunization recommendations highlight developments in infectious diseases, immunization, and diagnostic testing relevant to physicians across multiple specialties.

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July 09, 2026

Can AI Aid Urine Drug Test Sign-Outs?

Researchers reported that an artificial intelligence workflow maintained high interpretive accuracy while reducing urine drug test sign-out time in a supervised clinical laboratory setting.

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