Sharon Smith

Obesity and low muscle mass and/or cardiometabolic comorbidities impede physical functioning more than obesity alone in individuals with or at risk for knee osteoarthritis. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/obesity-subtypes-predict-poor-physical-function-knee-oa-2026a1000enk?src=rss

Evidence on echinacea for the prevention or treatment of respiratory infections remains inconsistent, with product variability limiting clear clinical guidance. Medscape News Global source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/questions-persist-over-echinacea-preventing-colds-2026a1000enb?src=rss

A joke between researchers turned into the first structure 3D-printed inside a living cell, a precursor to building microscopic machines within cells. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/why-scientists-put-tiny-elephant-inside-living-cell-2026a1000egm?src=rss

Most women requiring continued cervical cancer screening — including those at high risk — do not continue screening after 65 years of age. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/cervical-cancer-screening-gaps-persist-after-65-years-age-2026a1000egi?src=rss

A large real-world study examines outcomes and treatment patterns among patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with BCG. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/most-nmibc-recurrences-seen-bcg-exposed-patients-2026a1000eg6?src=rss

The number of family relatives, first-degree or not, who have pancreatic cancer does not appear to affect the risk for intermediate lesions. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/extent-family-history-not-tied-pancreatic-cancer-risk-2026a1000ean?src=rss