October 08, 2026

Medical Oddities: Kratom tea takes a cardiac turn

Tea with a troubling cardiac turn, frozen fish cake, rebuilding cartilage, and a bedtime snack this week.

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October 06, 2026

NNS beverages may match water in weight control

Adults assigned to nonnutritive sweetened beverages or water maintained weight reductions through 104 weeks, with no statistically significant difference between groups.

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October 02, 2026

DOACs may benefit patients at intermediate risk of AF

Randomized trial finds fewer composite events at 24 months, but low event count limits the precision of the estimated benefit.

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September 30, 2026

Misleading AI summaries may alter recall

Participants exposed to inaccurate postevent summaries were less likely to correctly remember key details from videos they had previously watched.

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September 29, 2026

First MCT8 deficiency therapy approved

Clinical studies showed reductions in circulating thyroid hormone levels and changes in heart rate and systolic blood pressure.

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September 29, 2026

Dietary fat type may matter after prostate cancer

The association was driven by cardiovascular disease and other cancers, not prostate cancer mortality.

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September 29, 2026

Wildfire pollution may pose cardiopulmonary risk

Wildfire-specific fine particulate matter was linked to larger hospitalization risk increases than pollution from nonwildfire sources.

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September 24, 2026

Google health leader: Desperation driving patient use of AI tools

"I think we in the health-care profession are learning a lot from the ways in which people are using these tools in understanding their health journeys in much greater detail than before."

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September 24, 2026

Alcohol use disorders may predict posttrauma-related CV risk

Among trauma-exposed adults, alcohol use disorders ranked above PTSD, depression, and other psychiatric diagnoses as predictors of major cardiac and cerebrovascular events.

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September 24, 2026

Macronutrients tested in weight loss

Investigators compared cardiometabolic responses to matched weight loss across ketogenic, Mediterranean, and plant-forward diets.

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