Once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide 2.4 mg reduced the risk for any hospitalization among adults with obesity and established cardiovascular disease, according to an analysis of the SELECT trial published in JAMA Cardiology.
“The benefits of semaglutide (Wegovy, Novo Nordisk) in the SELECT trial extend far beyond the reduction in CV events that were previously reported,” Stephen J. Nicholls, MBBS, PhD, professor of cardiology and director of Victorian Heart Institute at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, told Healio. “We observed a reduction in hospital admissions for a range of

Nodule and lipoma formation can occur rarely after an intramuscular influenza vaccination, particularly when administered incorrectly, according to a study published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology.
Incorrect injection techniques can cause accidental subcutaneous delivery of an influenza vaccine, causing uncomfortable and sometimes pruritic nodules, Jared Jagdeo, MD, MS, associate professor of dermatology and molecular cell biology and director of the Laser Aesthetic and Body Institute, the Center for Photomedicine and the Skin of Color Center at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences

The first seizure clinic model enabled rapid diagnosis and treatment for children with epilepsy, according to data presented at the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting.
These specialized outpatient clinics are designed to quickly assess, diagnose and manage patients after they experience a seizure for the first time, aiming to determine what caused the seizure and initiate prompt and appropriate care, Gogi Kumar, MD, FAES, attending physician, Dayton Children’s Hospital, and colleagues wrote.
“First seizure clinics are necessary to streamline evaluation and management of children

Healio Pulmonology has compiled the top news on COPD posted in 2025.
Readers were most interested in how pulmonary rehabilitation referrals and discharge disposition differ with vs. without use of an inpatient COPD clinical pathway embedded directly into the electronic health record.
A story on the risk for incident, nonfatal hospitalized cardiovascular events after a COPD exacerbation was the second most-read story.
Here are Healio’s top 10 most-read stories on COPD from 2025.
Use of a COPD care pathway heightened the odds for a pulmonary rehabilitation referral and home discharge in

This year’s top asthma and respiratory disorder story focused on the pushback from multiple advocacy groups following announcement of the EPA’s plans to reconsider environmental protections.
These proposals cover nearly every regulation designed to protect clean air that the American Lung Association (ALA) and other advocacy groups have supported in recent years, according to Laura Kate Bender, ALA national assistant vice president of healthy air.
Additionally, meeting presentations on chronic cough knowledge and asthma screening during routine well child visits were of interest to many

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have significantly improved survival for a variety of malignancies over the past decade, but the costs of these medications have barely changed.
An investigation into 11 immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) showed the average sales prices have decreased for all since their introduction, but none have fallen more than 5%.
“There is not a lot of true competition that could bring down prices for these drugs,” Jeddeo M. Paul, MD, MBA, hematology/oncology fellow at Stanford Medicine, told Healio. “There is a need for more comparative-effectiveness analyses. There is a

State-level social welfare policies may address disparities in arthritis-related joint pain prevalence and education for patients from certain geographic areas, according to data published in the Journal of Pain.
“Because macro-level policies shape material resources, access to care, stress and health behaviors, state welfare policies are likely to influence who develops moderate to severe arthritis-related joint pain,” Rui Huang, a PhD candidate in the department of sociology and criminology at the University at Buffalo, told Healio. “By treating states and their welfare