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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

AI CAC Scoring Aids Workflow

A single-center editorial described real-world integration of artificial intelligence–based coronary artery calcium scoring into routine cardiac CT workflow, with researchers reporting rapid report availability and high agreement with manual reference standards while emphasizing continued radiologist oversight.

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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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