From Sophie Spitz to Molecular Melanocytoma

• by AlBatool AlMahdy Abdellghaffar

• May 7, 2026

Side Effects: Salt, Steroids, and Second Brains

So get this: sodium may track with memory decline (in men), steroids might not be “immunosuppressive” in the ICU, and second pregnancies reshape the brain differently than first. Same theme: biology is less binary than we teach it.

• by Kerri Miller

• April 22, 2026

• 7 min

Medical Oddities: Can a Home Be Preventive Care?

This week’s medical plot twists involved ants, architecture, and auditory hallucinations.

• by Teraya Smith

• May 28, 2026

• 6 min

Medical Oddities: For the Birds—and the Brain

Birds for brains, blackout laughs, anti-aging tea, thin air, muscle memory—and torn marriages, all with a clinical touch this week.

• by Teraya Smith

• February 25, 2026

• 6 min