CHICAGO — Adults with hypertension and type 2 diabetes improved their blood pressure, glucose and nutrition score when they ate medically tailored meals, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
The benefits were observed even when the quantity of medically tailored meals decreased during the intervention, according to the researchers.
“An unhealthy diet is a leading cardiometabolic disease risk factor,” Nour Makarem, PhD, FAHA, assistant professor of epidemiology and codirector of the Chronic Disease Unit at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia

Graduates of Texas A&M University are developing a “goggle-based headset” that could enable remote eye examinations in clinical settings where a slit lamp, and the expertise to use it, are unavailable, according to a press release.
The device is similar in form to a VR headset, containing miniature lenses and cameras to enable close examination and photography of the eye.
The goal is to remotely share those images with an eye care professional, making their expertise more accessible in rural areas or clinics without eye specialists on hand, Hamza Memon, MD, MEng, one of the

PHILADELPHIA — Pregnant women who received levothyroxine for hypothyroidism and developed preeclampsia had higher thyroid-stimulating hormone levels than women without preeclampsia, according to a poster presenter.
Pranavi Kolla, medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, said previous studies have found an association between hypothyroidism and increased risk for preeclampsia among pregnant women, but studies are limited on how TSH values are linked to the disorder. At the American Thyroid Association annual meeting, Kolla presented data from a

ORLANDO — A single-injection combination of osiramestrocel and an acellular cartilage matrix improved pain and triggered favorable structural changes in knee osteoarthritis, according to data presented at ACR Convergence.
In his presentation, Jae-Young Park, MD, of Cha University, Bundang Medical Center, in South Korea, said the novel therapy, which combines an umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cell treatment with an acellular cartilage matrix, also improved function and imparted favorable changes in biomarkers associated with inflammation and cartilage turnover.
“Patients

Patients with ulcerative colitis treated with intravenous vedolizumab reached corticosteroid-free disease clearance by 16 weeks, according to results of the VERDICT trial presented at United European Gastroenterology Week.
VERDICT is the first prospective study of vedolizumab (Entyvio, Takeda) assessing if achieving disease clearance increases time to ulcerative colitis-related complications compared with corticosteroid-free symptomatic remission alone.
Almost 60% of patients achieved their assigned corticosteroid-free target by 48 weeks, according to the abstract. The study showed that

A federal judge blocked a stricter medical-frailty test for Medicaid exemptions, but Missouri's work requirements remain set to begin Jan. 1, creating urgent paperwork concerns for enrollees.

Federal inspectors found Listeria on surfaces at an Oceanside salsa plant in December 2025, but the FDA did not publicly post its warning letter until November 2026. No recall or illnesses have been reported.

Doctors removed 23 daily disposable contact lenses from a 64-year-old woman's eye after she developed severe pain, blurred vision, redness and dangerously high eye pressure.

A Malta teenager with two days of ear pain and itching was found to have a live insect in his ear canal, highlighting safe removal and warning signs.

A 52-year-old Indian man developed breathing and swallowing problems after a live fish entered his throat while bathing. Surgeons removed it intact and found no injury.