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Is the notion of metabolically healthy obesity in children a myth? Kids with obesity are still at high long-term risk for cardiometabolic disease, even if their labs look normal, according to new research out of Sweden. Academics based at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute report that obese children who boast ‘normal’ blood test results for cardiometabolic markers […]

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ORLANDO — Work requirements mandated by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act threaten to disenroll more than 2 million patients with asthma from Medicaid, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
“The study is part of our effort to better understand the consequences of upcoming sweeping changes to Medicaid policy on patients with chronic respiratory disease,” Darshali Vyas, MD, pulmonary and critical care fellow at the Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said during her presentation.
Noting that disruptions in access

B vitamins are included in PreserVision AREDS3, Bausch + Lomb’s latest oral supplement aimed at slowing the progression of moderate to advanced age-related macular degeneration.
The supplement adds eight B vitamins to the existing PreserVision AREDS2 nutrient supplement. The vitamins are intended to “promote healthy cellular eye function,” according to a press release from Bausch + Lomb.
The launch of PreserVision AREDS3 comes as the National Eye Institute is laying the groundwork for a follow-up to its Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2, the landmark nutrient study on which Bausch + Lomb’s

In response to the Ebola virus outbreak, federal officials have implemented enhanced screening at three U.S. airports for travelers returning from three African countries.
Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport will be the latest to integrate enhanced screenings starting early Wednesday, according to a State Department advisory. HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport and Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., began screening passengers last week.
The screenings will impact travelers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan. A

In a Healio video exclusive, Kristin Daly, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP, urged oncology nurses to prioritize retirement planning, warning they may be leaving compensation on the table by not utilizing employer-matched 401(k) and 403(b) benefits. “Something that doesn’t get brought up a whole lot, particularly because we are a largely female profession, is that we really need to think about who is going to pay for us later in our old age, because we want a retirement that we can enjoy,” Daly, a nurse practitioner at Washington University in St. Louis, told Healio during the 2026 ONS Congress. “I would

The number of U.S. dialysis facilities closing has risen since 2018, particularly smaller, rural and Midwest facilities, according to study data published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
Previous data showed that the number of dialysis facilities opening increased between 2006 and 2016, but recent studies indicate an opposite trend may be occurring, according to Shuchi Anand, MD, MS, professor of medicine at University of California Davis School of Medicine, and colleagues.
“For the first time in decades, dialysis facilities are closing rather than opening at a rapid pace,” Anand told

Family history of kidney failure was significantly associated with chronic kidney disease progression, regardless of genetic or environmental influences, according to study data published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
Previous studies have explored associations between family history of kidney failure and CKD progression, but results were mixed, according to Junichi Ishigami, MD, PhD, MPH, associate research professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine, and colleagues. The researchers aimed to evaluate whether adverse social determinants of health and

PHOENIX — Among a military population, remplissage was the biggest protective factor for recurrent instability after arthroscopic Bankart repair, according to results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.
Eoghan T. Hurley, MB, MCh, PhD, a PGY-4 at Duke University, and colleagues retrospectively reviewed data from 1,369 military service members who underwent arthroscopic Bankart repair with minimum 2-year follow-up. Researchers evaluated all risk factors for recurrent instability and used 80% of the population to create an internally validated sample,

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part Healio Exclusive series on Lp(a). 
A single lipoprotein(a) screening in a person’s lifetime could significantly reduce their risk for heart disease-related morbidity and mortality, yet this opportunity is often missed.
Screening for elevated Lp(a) and targeting modifiable risk factors and lifestyle could meaningfully lower risk for atherosclerotic CVD and potentially thrombosis, even in people with very high levels.
No targeted therapies are currently approved to lower Lp(a) levels, but that does not mean nothing can be done to mitigate its

Higher sensorimotor function was associated with reduced likelihood of mild cognitive impairment in two cohorts of older individuals, according to findings published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.
“Identifying precursors to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) — the transitional stage between unimpaired cognition and dementia — is a public health priority,” Amal A. Wanigatunga, PhD, MPH, FACSM, assistant professor of epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and colleagues, wrote.
The potential links between sensory and motor impairments and MCI remain poorly understood,