Episodi

  • FDA Approves the First Oral GLP-1 Drug for Obesity
    Jan 16 2026

    In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What to Know About the Wegovy Pill for Obesity" and more.

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    5 min
  • Understanding the World Health Organization's GLP-1 Guidelines
    Jan 9 2026

    In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "What to Know About the WHO's New GLP-1 Guideline" and more.

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    5 min
  • Are Nicotine Pouches a Safer Alternative to Cigarettes?
    Jan 2 2026

    In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and staff writer Samantha Anderer discuss "Can Nicotine Pouches Help People Quit Smoking?" and more.

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    6 min
  • The Push for Geriatrics Education
    Dec 19 2025

    In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and freelance writer and Harvard medical student Emily Harris discuss "A Growing Movement Aims to Prepare All Physicians to Care for Older Adults" and more.

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    5 min
  • JAMA Research of the Year With Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
    Dec 12 2025

    In this episode, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, and Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi discuss the journal's inaugural Research of the Year roundup.

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    16 min
  • Cardiovascular Highlights From AHA Scientific Sessions 2025
    Dec 5 2025

    Updates on coffee and AFib, a polypill approach for HFrEF, the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor, vitamin D supplementation for secondary prevention, and more: Joanna Chikwe, MD, chair of the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions conference and of the Department of Cardiac Surgery in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, shares clinical research highlights from the recent meeting.

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    9 min
  • Alzheimer Disease Blood Test Approved for Primary Care
    Dec 5 2025

    Correction: an earlier version of this podcast misstated the phosphorylated tau analyte measured by the Roche blood biomarker test. It is p-tau181, not p-tau217.

    In this week's roundup, JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "Alzheimer Disease Blood Test Cleared for Primary Care, but Questions Remain About Its Use" and more.

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    6 min
  • Highlights From Kidney Week 2025
    Nov 21 2025

    Updates on SGLT2 inhibitors, fish oil and hemodialysis, GLP-1 drugs, and more: Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, education committee co-chair of Kidney Week 2025 and a professor of medicine at the University of Washington, shares clinical research highlights from the recent meeting.

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    16 min