I’ll be Your Doctor: Patient Preferences for Physician Introductions - Journal of General Internal Medicine Journal of General Internal Medicine -

How should health care professionals introduce themselves?

State your first and last name and profession

And please never use the word "provider"

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Interrupting or stopping GLP-1s may reverse cardiovascular benefits Stopping or interrupting GLP-1 receptor agonists “erode and could ultimately reverse” their cardiovascular benefits, increasing the risk for major adverse cardiovascular events, researchers wrote in…

GLP1 medications like #Ozempic and #Wegovy can help protect your heart

while you take them

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Risks may outweigh benefits of intimate, romantic relationships with AI platforms Nearly three of 10 respondents of a survey of 1,012 adults in the United States said they have at least one relationship with an AI that is intimate or romantic in nature. Of the 28.16% of…

Spike Jonze was right

in an age of epidmeic loneliness

AI can help in the moment, but has bad longterm effects

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For primary prevention of stroke and heart attack

people often expect more of statins than they get

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A Novel Approach to Overseeing the Clinical Application of Generative AI This Viewpoint discusses current regulatory frameworks governing the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and proposes an alternative oversight system.

Generative AI is already widely used by doctors and patients alike

How should it be regulated?

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Peanut Allergy This JAMA Insights discusses peanut allergy, including diagnosis, introduction of peanuts to infant diet, and immunotherapy options.

Early introduction of peanuts to infants decreases risk of allergy later

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Off-prescription Adderall increases blood pressure, heart rate Adderall significantly increased BP and heart rate among healthy young adults who never previously used the medication, simulating its effects among those who may abuse it recreationally, researchers…

Students are using stimulants to help them study

and potentially putting their hearts at risk

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Canadians lost more than an estimated $4.2 billion in wages, productivity in 2025: Fraser Institute Wait times for medical attention cost Canadians more than $4.2 billion in lost wages and productivity in 2025, a new study by the Fraser Institute suggests.

The cost of waiting for medical care remains high

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Plasma Phosphorylated Tau 217 and Incident MCI and Dementia in Older Women This cohort study examines associations of baseline plasma phosphorylated tau 217 with incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia and whether associations vary by age, race, APOE ε4 carrier…

If a blood test could tell you that you're at risk for #dementia in the future

would you want to know?

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Studies shed light on the effects of repetitive head injuries from football on cognition Years of playing football can worsen cognition later in life, with factors like inflammation serving as a pathway, according to two recently published studies. Such findings can help “improve earlier…

Football: still a hazard to the brain, especially for youth

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Despite the hype,

AI is still not great at identifying bone fractures from images

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FDA efforts to reduce animal testing signal shift toward AI, organ-on-chip study methods In April 2025, the FDA announced plans to shift biomedical research for monoclonal antibodies and other medications away from animal testing toward new approaches. One year later, much speculation…

AI in research may help reduce animal testing

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Social media engagement increased surgeon exposure, did not improve patient satisfaction NEW ORLEANS — Results presented here showed greater social media engagement among arthroplasty surgeons was not associated with higher patient satisfaction, but it did increase surgeon exposure.“With…

Do patients rate doctors better if they're active on social media?

Maybe

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Poll: Public trusts career scientists over federal health officials Americans have a greater trust in the scientists working in federal health agencies than the Trump administration-appointed leaders running them, according to a poll. The poll from the Annenberg…

Surveys:

86% of Americans trust their doctor
67% trust scientists
38% trust Robert F Kennedy Jr

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Study: Plant-based diets not associated with slow growth in infants Plant-based diets did not significantly impact children’s growth for their first 2 years of life, compared with omnivorous diets, according to an Israeli study published in JAMA Network Open. “Before…

Kids with a plant-based diet grow just fine

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Single question about hoarding identifies possible neurocognitive disorders Asking caregivers if they are concerned about clutter or possible hoarding may help identify neurocognitive disorders, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical…

Hoarding can be a sign of major neurocognitive disorder ("dementia")

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Trash talk: Why considering our waste stream should be part of clinical practice When we become physicians, our first act is to take the oath “First, do no harm,” one of the guiding principles for everyone in health care. But if we were doing something every day that causes harm…

Health care, especially hospital-based procedures, remains a source of plastic waste
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Several healthy diets lower the risk for cognitive decline Multiple healthy diets, especially the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension-style diet, were tied to better cognitive function and a lower risk for cognitive decline, a study in JAMA Neurology…

Being able to afford and stick diets with fresh, colourful foods is linked to decreased risk of #dementia

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Medical groups double down on lobbying amid health policy shakeups Major health care policy changes under the Trump administration have driven some professional medical organizations to take different approaches to their advocacy strategies.During President Donald…

Advocacy is still very much one of doctors' lanes

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Machine, deep learning models improve food allergy diagnostic accuracy, performance PHILADELPHIA — Food allergy diagnostic accuracy improved with machine learning models vs. current diagnostic criteria, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma &…

Yes, AI can help you find recipes and design a garden

but it can also help food diagnosis allergies

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The impact of unhelpful pain beliefs on patient outcomes after surgically managed ankle fractures | Bone & Joint The impact of unhelpful pain beliefs on patient outcomes after surgically managed ankle fractures

Having low pain threshold and fear of pain can worsen outcomes after surgery
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Food allergy-related bullying commonly involves offensive name-calling, social exclusion Almost or all children/adolescents who experienced food allergy-related bullying reported that it involved offensive name-calling, social exclusion and the spreading of false rumors, according to…

Food allergy related bullying is, sadly, still a thing

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Tapes measure > scale

Study finds waist circumference a better indicator than BMI for #obesity

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Study: RSV vaccination benefits moms with HIV and their babies DENVER — Maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination appeared to be safe and effective for mothers with HIV and their infants, according to data presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and…

Add RSV vaccination to the list of immunizations that are safe in pregnany and protect babies as well

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Low-dose aspirin significantly increases cancer mortality risk among older adults Long-term evaluation of the randomized ASPREE trial and an observational follow-up study confirmed prior results that low-dose aspirin did not reduce cancer incidence among older adults and…

While low dose Aspirin may decrease risk of #cancer when taken in middle age,

it may be associated with *increased* risk if taken later in life

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For people with #diabetes and good cholesterol results

annual lipid tests aren't necessary
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‘It’s scary’: Prostate cancer tumors contain microplastics An evaluation of 10 men with prostate cancer found 90% had microplastics in their tumors, with concentrations more than double that found in surrounding benign prostate tissue.The data, which will be…

Microplastics are found in many places

including prostate cancer tissue

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Cervical cancer incidence drops significantly in US, but varies widely across states Cervical cancer incidence has declined close to 30% among women aged 20 to 31 years since the start of the millennium, but certain states have achieved significantly greater reductions. Washington,…

Good news: cervical cancer rates are dropping

in some places more than others

(and likely related to screening and HPV vaccine programs)

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Hope for gonorrhea vaccine wanes after failed trial DENVER — In 2017, researchers in New Zealand published the first evidence that a vaccine might be able to prevent gonorrhea, a wily STI that has confounded scientists with it ability to dodge just…

The search for a #gonorrhea vaccine continues

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2026 CMA Health and Media Tracking Survey - CMA Digital Library - Canadian Medical Association © 2026 Canadian Medical Association

.@CMA_docs study:

People know the internet is full of misinformation

and that misinformation lowers their trust in all sources

yet most people still search online for health information

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