July 02, 2025

Medical Oddities: Leprosy’s Old New World Secret

This week’s clinical grab bag: tea for gloom, ancient leprosy, smoggy fibrosis & power peeing.

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July 02, 2025

Gel Offers Relief for Axillary Sweating 

A pooled analysis of two phase 3 trials found that a once-daily topical anticholinergic gel significantly improved sweat reduction and symptom severity in patients with axillary hyperhidrosis, with a tolerable safety profile.

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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

Remote Pathology Associated With Faster Turnaround

Telepathology using whole-slide imaging achieved 97 percent diagnostic consensus and cut turnaround time by 30 percent

The Pathologist

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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July 01, 2025

Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Comparison of Second-Line Regimens

As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Agarwal et al, the phase III CONTACT-02 trial examined the survival benefit of cabozantinib plus atezolizumab vs switch of androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (AR...

The ASCO Post

July 01, 2025

HER3-DXd in NSCLC Without EGFR-Activating Mutations

As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Steuer et al, findings in a cohort of a phase I trial indicated activity of the HER3-directed antibody-drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd...

The ASCO Post

July 01, 2025

Food Sensitivities May Haunt the Sleeping Brain

More than 1 in 20 university students reported that specific foods altered the nature of their dreams, with sweets and dairy products most linked to disturbing or bizarre dream content, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Psychology.

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July 01, 2025

Cough Syrup for Cognition Loss?

Once used for coughs, ambroxol is being investigated for Parkinson disease dementia. A new trial shows it is safe and biologically active, though cognitive benefits remain unproven.

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