December 2023 Medical News Summary

Hear the latest on SGLT2 inhibitors, potassium binders, pregnancy after kidney donation, and more from Kidney Week 2026 with Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, cochair of the Kidney Week education committee. Related Content: SGLT2 Inhibitors, Potassium Binders, Pregnancy After Kidney Donati ... Show More

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "Waist Circumference Adds to BMI, but Will Clinicians Adopt It?" Related Content: Waist Circumference Adds to BMI, but Will Clinicians Adopt It? 

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Staff Writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Is the Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak the New Normal?" Related Content: Is the Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak the New Normal? 

This episode examines Covid-19 variants that are currently circulating, recommendations for booster shots, and new treatments in the pipeline. A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2311327. 

In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Kieran Walsh, clinical director at BMJ, asks editors from BMJ Learning and BMJ Best Practice to summarise the latest clinical guidance related to Covid-19. Abigail Davis, GP and section editor, covers the latest evidence around vaccine immunogenicity in different immunosuppressed ... Show More

Kieran Walsh, clinical director at BMJ, asks editors from BMJ Learning and BMJ Best Practice to summarise the latest clinical guidance related to covid-19. Matt Castleden, GP and section editor, updates us on vaccination and long covid-19. And Abigail Davis, GP and section editor ... Show More

How do you fight a pandemic? With cutting edge technology. Two of the new Covid-19 vaccines applying for FDA approval rely on a novel approach that uses mRNA to turn the human body into an internal vaccine factory. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to mRNA re ... Show More