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A New Definition of MI and Other Heart Health Highlights From ESC Congress 2026

Hear about a new universal definition of myocardial infarction, updated heart failure guidelines, and other clinical highlights in this interview with Tomasz Guzik, MD, P

Researchers Turn to Viruses to Treat UTIs

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Is Phage Therapy the Next Big Hope for Urinary Tract Infections?" Related Content

The Fascinating Road to a New Narcolepsy Treatment

The winners of the 2026 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and Masashi Yanagisawa, MD, PhD, discuss how they identified the neuropeptid

What the Latest Research Says About Preventing Dementia

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Nearly Half of Dementia Cases May Be Preventable—Here's What the Research Says

Considering Cognition and Frailty in Cardiovascular Care—Too Big an Ask?

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Cardiovascular Care Should Incorporate Cognition and Frailty, Heart Grou

The Tip of the Iceberg Lettuce

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals About the State of US Foodborne Dis

FDA Approves the First mRNA Flu Vaccine for the US

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "What to Know About the mRNA Flu Vaccine, Newly Approved by the FDA." Relate

The Slow Evolution of Lyme Disease Care

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Will New Lyme Disease Approaches Change Patient Care?" Related Conten

Striking the Balance for Prescribing Opioids

JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "A Decade After the CDC's Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Have Clinic

Highlights From the 2026 Alzheimer's Association International Conference

Hear the latest on blood-based biomarkers, lifestyle interventions, and more from AAIC 2026 with Gil Rabinovici, MD. Related Content: Soccer Players' Brains, P-Tau21

The Menopause Treatment Boom

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Wild West or Gold Rush: How Long-Neglected Menopause Care Has Spawned a

The First CKM Syndrome Guidelines Are Here

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What to Know About the First CKM Syndrome Guidelines." Related Conten

The Testosterone Therapy Debate

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Testosterone Therapy: Does New Evidence Warrant Broader Prescribing?"

Alzheimer Disease Blood Test May Have Higher Rate of False Positives Than Expected

JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "First Alzheimer Disease Blood Test May Produce Many False-Pos

PMOS is the New PCOS

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "PCOS is Now PMOS—Will a New Name Translate to Improved Clinical Care?"

Why Exercise Still Matters in the GLP-1 Drug Era

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "In Obesity Treatment, Physical Activity's Benefits Go Beyond Weight Loss, Says AHA."

New GLP-1 Drug Options and More Highlights From the ADA's 2026 Scientific Sessions

Rita Kalyani, MD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, discusses the latest diabetes and obesity research, including a novel oral GL

The Search for a Fentanyl Vaccine

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Inside the Push for a Fentanyl Vaccine." Related Content: Inside th

New Insights on HFpEF in Patients With Severe Obesity

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "HFpEF May Be a Different Disease in Patients With Severe Obesity." Re

Is There a Doctor on the Ship?

Joining from quarantine, Stephen Kornfeld, MD, discusses his experience stepping in as the ship's physician when hantavirus transformed his vacation cruise into a global