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Eli Lily scientists report that ceperognastat, a putative treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease, did not provide any meaningful benefits in phase 2 clinical trials. The news isn’t all bad, however, the drug may have failed in clinical trials, but it still tells us something useful about how the disease works. Alzheimer’s specialists tested the drug, also known […]

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Primary care physicians were able to more accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease after a simple blood test, according to research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2026.
Sebastian Palmqvist, MD, PhD, neurologist at Lund University in Sweden, and colleagues examined diagnostic accuracy rates among PCPs and dementia experts when it came to using results from a simple blood test to evaluate for Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers sought to find out whether results from a blood test would change how accurately PCPs diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease and whether it changed

PHOENIX — Teri K. Geist, OD, FAAO, an optometrist practicing in Omaha, Nebraska, was inaugurated as president of the American Optometric Association at Optometry’s Meeting 2026.
“As president, my focus is on strengthening our collective voice, advancing advocacy, and helping more patients, policymakers and health care leaders understand the essential role doctors of optometry play as primary eye health care providers,” Geist said in a statement to Healio.
“Optometry is evolving quickly, from new technologies to changing practice settings and shifting patient needs,”

Click here to read the Healio Exclusive, “Remarkable changes, new challenges abound in eye care in developing nations.”
Malaria remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths every year, most of them in Africa.
According to the latest estimates, Tanzania accounts for approximately 3.3% of global malaria cases and 4.3% of malaria-related deaths worldwide. Sight-threatening ocular manifestations include retinal hemorrhages, malaria retinopathy, papilledema and optic neuritis.
Zanzibar has made remarkable progress toward malaria elimination over

GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with a higher risk for eye complications vs. other diabetes medications, two studies recently published in Annals of Internal Medicine show.
Prior evidence on the ties between eye complications and GLP-1s has been mixed. A 2025 analysis indicated that semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy, Novo Nordisk) and tirzepatide (Zepbound, Eli Lilly) raise the risk for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic (NAION), though such instances were rare.
Those findings conflict with an analysis from April, which suggested that GLP-1s are not tied to a higher NAION risk in patients

The demand for cardiologists will outpace supply by 2037, reducing the adequacy of the U.S. cardiology workforce, especially in the Western U.S. and nonmetropolitan areas, according to data projections.
The adequacy of the U.S. cardiologist workforce is projected to decrease from 92.2% in 2025 to 81.4% by 2037, researchers wrote in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
“We were motivated by the increasing wait times to see cardiologists at our institution,” Jason Silvestre, MD, resident physician at the Medical University of South Carolina, told Healio. “The biggest takeaway is the

Women who are civically engaged are more likely to undergo routine breast cancer screening than those who are less active in their communities, cross-sectional study results suggest.
The trends — which revealed significant higher self-reported mammography receipt among women who indicated they voted, volunteered or attended public meetings — persisted across sociodemographic groups.
“Health care systems could potentially leverage these findings by supporting civic engagement in their catchment areas, and that might have an eventual downstream benefit on uptake and continued participation in

A 23-year-old woman presented to the ED after suffering multiple gunshot injuries to bilateral shoulders, abdomen and pelvis.
Upon initial presentation, the patient was emergently taken for exploratory laparotomy and small bowel resection by the trauma service. On initial examination, the patient was found to be neurovascularly intact to the right upper extremity. Deltoid firing was unable to be palpated on the left side, although sensation was intact. Review of imaging revealed bilateral proximal humerus fractures, left more severe than right. One-view trauma radiographs of the right and left

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Through the combined efforts of local governments, pioneering institutions, global health alliances and nongovernmental organizations, the integration of eye care services in low-resource areas of the developing world is making progress.
Innovative care delivery models and outreach programs have been successfully implemented, and technological advances have played a crucial role. However, significant hurdles still exist, and closing the loop between diagnosis and treatment is a challenge, particularly for conditions that require repeat

Incorporating a simple screening for food insecurity into dermatology visits can help connect pediatric patients with needed resources while also improving skin health, according to a review.
Children make up about 39% of the 40 million participants who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in the U.S., yet SNAP remains vulnerable to funding cuts and shifting legislative priorities, Umayr R. Shaikh, MPH, a medical student at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote in Pediatric Dermatology. Children without access to healthy foods are at risk