Latest trending medical research, guidelines and news
Joined July 2020
- Tweets507
- Following20
- Followers6.3K
- Likes2.1K
Medical Mnemonics is FREE to download: 38 chapters, 7 parts and 654 searchable pages, with a clickable index and PDF bookmarks. Get the book and explore more clinical learning at updatesinmedicine.com/books
🏃♂️ Exercise as Medicine!
The 2026 ACC Scientific Statement highlights practical exercise prescriptions for cardiovascular prevention and management, including CAD, heart failure and hypertension.
📖 Read the full clinical article at UpdatesInMedicine.com
KDIGO 2027 CKD update: proposed changes to SGLT2 inhibitors, nsMRAs and GLP-1-based therapies, alongside established CKD treatment.
October 2026 public review draft.
Read the summary: UpdatesInMedicine.com
Download the latest medical guidelines—all in one place.
Visit UpdatesInMedicine.com
🧠 Light became a switch for the brain.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honours Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
Retatrutide, a GIP–GLP-1–glucagon triple agonist, delivered up to 25% mean weight reduction at 80 weeks in TRIUMPH-1, with additional improvements in knee osteoarthritis pain and obstructive sleep apnoea.
Read the full Research in Practice article at UpdatesInMedicine.com
🚀 UpdatesInMedicine.com is now live!
A new clinical update hub created for medical professionals.
• Latest clinical guidelines
• Important new research
• Practical clinical reviews
• Conferences, webinars & professional opportunities
From evidence to everyday practice.
2026 obesity pharmacotherapy: treatment is increasingly guided by clinical goals and obesity-related comorbidities—not weight loss alone. This update covers targets, drug selection, treatment intensification, follow-up, and muscle preservation.
Iron deficiency diagnosis in 2026:
• Ferritin ≤20 ng/mL: children 9 mo–4 y
• ≤30 ng/mL: most adults
• ≤50 ng/mL: selected higher-risk patients
• In inflammation: use ferritin + TSAT; consider TSAT <20% or ferritin <100 ng/mL
Normal Hb/MCV does not exclude iron deficiency
Sodium bicarbonate corrected acidemia, but did not reduce 30-day major adverse kidney events in critically ill patients with metabolic acidosis on vasopressors.
SODa-BIC Trial | NEJM 2026
Prediabetes is a chance to intervene early. The 2026 AACE algorithm emphasizes lifestyle, cardiometabolic risk reduction, and 7–10% weight loss in those with overweight/obesity to help prevent or delay T2D.
Ref: Samson SL, et al. Endocrine Practice. 2026;32:473–518.
Diagnosis, severity assessment and the right treatment remain central to malaria care in 2026.
Key updates from the WHO Guidelines for Malaria — 10 September 2026.
Top 3 medical studies from August 2026 🔬
💊 STAREE: Statins ↓ CV events by 30% in adults ≥70
🫀 TARGET-CTCA: Routine CTCA showed no outcome benefit after MI was ruled out
💉 REIMAGINE 1: CagriSema delivered major HbA1c + weight reductions
Met-HeFT found no significant cardiovascular benefit with metformin in HFrEF. Metformin remained safe and effective for glucose lowering, but did not reduce major cardiovascular events versus placebo.
The 2026 ESC Heart Failure Guidelines bring major practice updates — from a new EF classification to faster treatment optimization, broader foundational therapy, and obesity-targeted care.
