A new predictive model using common lab values demonstrated high accuracy in detecting MetALD-ALD in patients with obesity.

Prepregnancy parental obesity significantly increased risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in offspring.

Compared with usual care, an activity-tracking-supported energy management intervention does not reduce the frequency or severity of postexertional malaise in people with long COVID.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced a federal initiative in which 53 medical schools agreed to increase student nutrition education to 40 hours.

Treatments for Alzheimer disease agitation, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, hematological malignancies, HIV-1, and obesity are under review.

Among youth aged 12 to 17 years with BMI in at least the 95th percentile for age and sex, 20% had 1 or more GLP-1 RA prescriptions.

The table below is a review of notable updates that occurred in February 2026 for investigational products in development (not an inclusive list). Click on the status to view our full coverage.

Most women with UC and an IPAA maintain stable pouch function during pregnancy, but those with a history of pouchitis have a higher risk for inflammatory pouch complications and should be closely ...

Oral semaglutide reduces the risk for a composite heart failure outcome, including hospitalization and cardiovascular death, in patients with preexisting heart failure. Oral semaglutide reduces risk ...

Patients with chronic migraine initiating GLP-1 RAs showed decreased health care utilization compared with those taking topiramate.

Trader Joe’s and Ajinomoto Foods voluntarily recalled frozen meals nationwide after multiple consumer complaints about glass in the products.

Risankizumab showed high rates of clinical remission and endoscopic response when administered as subcutaneous induction therapy for moderate to severe CD.