August 27, 2025

Are backpacks hurting your kids’ backs? Tips for keeping their backs healthy

August 27, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / backpacks

edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The backpack is as much a part of school life as homework, pencils and recess. Kids use backpacks to carry everything they need during the day and make a fashion statement. Unfortunately, the excess weight of supplies stuffed into an improperly worn backpack may […]

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The Justice Department’s

August 27, 2025 / News update / InnovateMed Author / justice department

criminal division is looking into UnitedHealth Group’s prescription management services, as well as how it reimburses its own doctors under an ongoing probe into the firm’s operations. (Bloomberg) Eli Lilly said a late-stage study of its experimental anti-obesity pill hit its key goals, paving the way for the drugmaker to begin regulatory submissions. (WSJ) The gutting

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Weight-Loss Pill Matches Injections, but Experts Skeptical

August 27, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / weight loss pill

DISCLOSURES August 25, 2025 GLP-1 receptor agonists are now well established as weight-loss treatments, but until recently, they have been available exclusively as injections. Lilly, headquartered in Indianapolis, announced that the oral GLP-1 receptor agonist orforglipron reduced the average body weight by 12.4% in a phase 3 trial. The effect was comparable to that seen with

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patient education – Is Red Meat Bad for You? The Proof Is in the Processing

August 27, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / red meat

Is red meat bad for you? On the one hand, meat makes you strong, and it’s every American’s God-given right to grill a steak on his barbecue during the summer. I believe this came up in a church synod at some point… But on the other hand, the WHO (World Health Organization) has declared red

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Stapokibart Adds Value for Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps –

August 27, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / chronic rhinosinusitis

Addition of the monoclonal antibody stapokibart significantly improved nasal polyps and nasal congestion in adults with uncontrolled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, based on new data from 179 individuals. Biologics are now more commonly used as treatments for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), and monoclonal antibodies have emerged as significantly more effective than other

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Breakthrough as scientists create a new form life

August 27, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / life

READ MORE: Breakthrough new treatment could REVERSE Down syndrome By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 11:19 EDT, 26 August 2025 | Updated: 12:26 EDT, 26 August 2025 e-mail 46 View comments Scientists have engineered a strain of bacteria with a genetic code unlike anything found in nature, marking a groundbreaking advance in synthetic

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Daytime sleepiness is in your blood – and diet could help fight the fatigue

August 27, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / daytime sleepiness

By Bronwyn Thompson August 24, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email If you’re constantly running on empty during the day, changing your diet could help Depositphotos View 1 Images If you deal with waves of drowsiness during the day, you might be among the estimated 33% of the population who suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS),

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New panic disorder drug could offer safe and effective long-term relief

August 27, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / panic disorder

By Bronwyn Thompson August 25, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email A new treatment for panic disorder could be life-changing for sufferers Depositphotos View 1 Images This year a clinical trial will test a drug combination designed to bring lasting relief for people with panic disorder – a condition that can upend daily life and be

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Smoking is good for inflamed bowels. Now we know why

August 27, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / inflammed bowel

By Michael Franco August 26, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The researchers don’t recommending smoking to deal with ulcerative colitis, but believe they may have found a way to harness its beneficial effects without the negatives Photo by Reza Mehrad on Unsplash View 1 Images Smoking’s not often touted for its health benefits. But it’s been known to

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Study finds type 2 diabetes blood factors drive breast cancer aggression

August 27, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / breast cancer, type 2 diabetes

by Boston University School of Medicine edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Illustration of scRNAseq workflow in PDO model of breast cancer TME. Credit: Communications Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-08663-y People with type 2 obesity-driven diabetes tend to have more aggressive breast cancers, but no one knows exactly why. A new study by researchers at Boston University Chobanian

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