May 07, 2026

Physician Exit Intent Declined, Workforce Risks Persist

Workflow inefficiency, staffing shortages, compensation, and EHR burden remained leading concerns among physicians considering reducing clinical work or leaving their organizations.

Conexiant

May 06, 2026

Side Effects: Progress, with Asterisks

Burnout is easing. Sleep science is getting weird. And dental schools have been winging cadaver training for 50 years. This week's research is full of good news that immediately complicates itself.

Conexiant

May 05, 2026

Low Follow-Up After Behavioral ED Care

Follow-up occurred after fewer than 15% of mental health ED visits and about 11% of substance use–related visits in Washington Medicaid claims.

Conexiant

April 29, 2026

AHA Updates Diet Guidance, Highlights Plant Shift

Revised American Heart Association statement urges a shift toward plant-based protein and flags ongoing uncertainty in fat and alcohol recommendations.

Conexiant

April 22, 2026

Side Effects: Salt, Steroids, and Second Brains

So get this: sodium may track with memory decline (in men), steroids might not be “immunosuppressive” in the ICU, and second pregnancies reshape the brain differently than first. Same theme: biology is less binary than we teach it.

Conexiant

April 20, 2026

BMI-Adjusted Grip Strength and Sarcopenia in Prediabetes

Researchers report 8% prevalence of probable sarcopenia and a 96.4% specificity cutoff for BMI-adjusted grip strength.

Conexiant

April 17, 2026

AI Scribes Lag Clinicians on Note Quality

A VHA study across 11 vendors finds AI-generated primary care notes score lower than clinician-written notes, with the largest deficits in thoroughness, organization, and usefulness

Conexiant

April 16, 2026

Mandatory Training Modules Deserve a Harder Look

A JAMA Viewpoint argues that 4 million physician-hours spent on compliance modules each year warrants institutional reassessment.

Conexiant

April 13, 2026

AI Falls Short on Differential Dx

New PrIME-LLM benchmark shows strong diagnostic accuracy but persistent gaps in clinical reasoning across 21 large language models

Conexiant

April 14, 2026

Diet, feeding route may influence bile acids in dysphagia

“We are excited that this study finally opens the door to modulate bile acids using nutritional interventions."

The New Gastroenterologist