Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online June 24 in the Annals of Family Medicine. Mainous III, Ph.D., adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 30, 2025

MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Intermittent-fasting strategies yield small reductions in body weight compared with an ad libitum diet, according to a study published online June 18 in The BMJ. Zhila Semnani-Azad, Ph.D., from the Harvard T.H.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The PanDerm artificial intelligence (AI) model improves skin cancer diagnosis when used by doctors, according to a research article published online June 6 in Nature Medicine.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Widaplik (telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamide) for the treatment of hypertension in adults.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer incidence trends differ by age, even among older women, particularly by race and ethnicity and stage at diagnosis, according to a study published online June 24 in JAMA Network Open. Lee Argov, M.P.H.,

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. What Is Internal Medicine? Many wonder: What does an internal medicine doctor do?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, and colleagues sought to externally validate and update the PARS as a passive digital marker (PDM) for asthma risk. Arthur Hamie Owora, Ph.D.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health in Madison, and colleagues compared the clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of CRC screening with CTC versus multitarget stool DNA (mt-sDNA) testing. Pickhardt, M.D.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For adult women with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), replacing diet beverages (DBs) with water is associated with greater weight loss and T2D remission, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association, held from June 20 to 23 in Chicago.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 10, 2025

from Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Lisa Simon, M.D., TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cessation of public water fluoridation would increase tooth decay and health system costs in the United States, according to a study published online May 30 in JAMA Health Forum. Sung Eun Choi, Ph.D.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A healthy diet improves cardiometabolic risk factors, even if not associated with weight loss (WL), according to a study published online June 5 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Anat Yaskolka Meir, Ph.D.,

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 2, 2025

WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A considerable proportion of bowel preparation claims for screening colonoscopy involve patient cost-sharing, according to a research letter published online June 20 in Gastroenterology.

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JUNE 25, 2025

said this week that several of the nation’s largest health insurers have agreed to change how they handle prior authorization, a system that often causes delays in care. WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. Kennedy Jr.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Receipt of a stimulant prescription for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) via telehealth is not associated with an increased risk for substance use disorder (SUD), according to a study published online June 11 in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Vinod Rao, M.D.,

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 2, 2025

WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications remain associated with a reduced risk for various real-world outcomes, but the magnitude of these associations decreases alongside increasing prescription rates, according to a study published online June 25 in JAMA Psychiatry. Lin Li, Ph.D.,

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JUNE 25, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Wildfire-induced deterioration of air quality leads to a substantial increase in indoor activities, fostering conditions conducive to transmission of airborne disease, according to a study published online June 18 in PLOS Climate.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The oral small-molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, orforglipron, reduced glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) over 40 weeks in adults with early type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online June 21 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the American (..)

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Opportunities remain to increase use of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, according to a research letter published online June 9 in JAMA Network Open. Jonathan Purtle, Dr.P.H.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Arsenic measured in public water systems at levels below the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum contaminant level are associated with adverse birth outcomes, according to a study published online June 16 in JAMA Network Open. Nigra, Sc.M.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Female permanent night shift workers have higher odds of moderate-to-severe asthma than female day workers, but this relationship is not seen in men, according to a study published online June 15 in ERJ Open Research. Maidstone, Ph.D.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Parent-reported firearm storage seems to be a poor estimator of teen perceived firearm access, according to a study published online June 10 in JAMA Network Open. Katherine G. Hastings, M.P.H., firearm-owning parents and their teens aged 14 to 18 years.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 10, 2025

from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study from June 2019 to August 2023 at a single institution’s outpatient gynecology clinic involving 205 premenopausal women aged 18 to 54 years: 116 with AUB and 89 with normal menstrual cycles. Salcedo, D.O.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Daily walking volume and walking intensity are inversely associated with the risk for chronic low back pain (LBP), according to a study published online June 13 in JAMA Network Open.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The small, colorful bottles hawked at convenience stores, smoke shops and filling stations as cognitive supplements or energy are often called “gas station heroin.” ” And, the U.S. Amid a rise in calls to U.S.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 1.7 million window air conditioners are being recalled because of a risk for mold growth, which can lead to serious health problems. The affected units are made by Midea and include U Window Air Conditioners and U+ Window Air Conditioners, CBS News said.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 30, 2025

The recalled lunch meats contain meat or poultry source materials that are not listed on the product labels, CBS News reports. The bologna was sold under various names and labels and was produced between March 20 and June 20 of this year. company to nationwide wholesale and retail locations and have establishment number “EST.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 30, 2025

MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nestle has joined a growing list of major food companies pledging to voluntarily eliminate artificial colors from their U.S. products by the middle of next year amid mounting health concerns.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

MONDAY, June 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A cheese sold at Trader Joe’s has been recalled due to possible listeria contamination. The product is Face Rock Creamery’s Vampire Slayer Garlic Cheese Curds. It was sold at Trader Joe’s stores across Northern California and Northern Nevada, the company said June 20.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

MONDAY, June 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Chocolate candy sold across the U.S. is being recalled because it may contain milk that isn’t listed on the label, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. The agency announced the recall of multiple batches of semi-sweet chocolate nonpareils made by Weaver Nut Company Inc., CBS News reported.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — THC-infused gummies and vape pens will stay legal in Texas — at least for now. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill on Sunday that would have banned the sale and use of THC consumables across the state, the Associated Press reported.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 10, 2025

TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — BowFlex , a fitness equipment brand, is recalling more than 3.8 million adjustable dumbbells because their weight plates can fall off and hurt users. The recall follows more than 100 reports of injuries, including concussions, broken toes, bruises and scrapes, according to the U.S.

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JUNE 23, 2025

Allison also noted that the community has also been pushing for an emergency declaration that would give residents access to special Medicare benefits to help pay for medical care tied to chemical exposure, CNN said.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) outperforms body mass index (BMI) in detecting the risk for liver disease, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Agbaje, M.D.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Prenatal exposure to specific perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is associated with offspring blood pressure (BP) through age 18 years, according to a study published online June 12 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Zeyu Li, M.S.P.H.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Mytien Nguyen, from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues examined attrition rates at the intersection of sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and sex among a national cohort of medical students.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A low-fiber diet with high red-meat content is associated with high-risk plaque features, according to a study published online June 16 in Cardiovascular Research. Ingrid Larsson, R.N.,

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Slightly higher levels of cardiac biomarkers may predict an increased risk for incident cancer, according to a study published online in the July issue of JACC: Advances. Xinjiang Cai, M.D.,

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