Sharon Smith

In women with obesity, a very low-calorie ketogenic diet followed by structured refeeding can help maintain meaningful weight loss at 1 year while allowing the body’s energy expenditure to recover. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/year-after-keto-fat-loss-persists-metabolism-recovers-2026a1000m3v?src=rss

In patients with T2D and CKD, finerenone lowers the risk for adverse cardiovascular and kidney events compared with placebo, regardless of the CKM syndrome stage at baseline. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/finerenone-benefits-patients-t2d-ckd-across-cardiovascular-2026a1000m3s?src=rss

A novel knee distraction technique is drawing interest for severe osteoarthritis, with studies showing lasting symptom relief and tissue changes years later. Medscape News Europe source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/knee-distraction-shows-promise-severe-osteoarthritis-2026a1000lxy?src=rss

Obstructive sleep apnea could be hiding behind subtle symptoms and uncontrolled cardiometabolic disease. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/sleep-apnea-could-be-missing-diagnosis-complex-2026a1000lxt?src=rss

Children and adolescents with venous thromboembolism, particularly children aged 4 years or younger, face a higher risk for mortality and economic burden. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/younger-children-vte-face-high-economic-and-mortality-burden-2026a1000lx5?src=rss

People with close family ties who live together share more oral and gut microbes with each other than with other people in their communities. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/people-living-together-share-more-oral-and-gut-microbiota-2026a1000lqn?src=rss