A 509,926-patient Medicare cohort found that recombinant herpes zoster vaccination was associated with a 5.8 percentage point reduction in 4-year dementia risk among older adults following skilled-nursing facility admission, adding to a growing body of observational evidence linking RZV to cognitive protection.

Celebrity disclosures about using beta blockers for performance anxiety are prompting patient questions in primary care, reviving a decades-old off-label use with a comparatively lower risk profile than benzodiazepines.

Several recent studies link daily avocado consumption to lower dietary glycemic load, reduced diabetes risk in women, and modest blood pressure improvements in prediabetes patients, though small sample sizes and short follow-up periods limit the conclusions.

A 31,000-patient observational study found that dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers were associated with a 33% higher risk of major adverse kidney events in type 2 diabetes patients already on RASi and SGLT2i therapy.

A new analytical framework applied to 30,000+ parent-child trios found that uninherited parental genes shape children’s height, BMI, and academic performance to a degree approaching the influence of children’s own DNA.

A man in his early 30s presenting with post-viral chest pain and bilateral forearm numbness posed a diagnostic challenge when automated ECG interpretation missed findings later consistent with acute pericarditis, including diffuse concave-upward ST elevation, PR depression, and a positive Spodick sign.