Clinical Evaluation of the Peripheral Perfusion Index as a Predictor of Femoral Nerve Block Efficacy in Unilateral Arthroscopic Meniscal Surgery

• by Gong, yao , Zhang, li , He, qi , Wei, Wei , Zhang, cuo mao ji

• April 30, 2026

Amputation Rates Rose in Opioid-Related Hospitalizations

National inpatient analysis found steeper increases in amputations during opioid-related hospitalizations, particularly in the Northeast and West.

• by Andrea Surnit

• May 8, 2026

• 3 min

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

Integrating multi-omics and machine learning to explore the role of amino acid metabolism in intervertebral disk degeneration

• by Xusheng Li, Ahmad Nazrun Shuid, Mohd Fairudz Mohd Miswan, Xiao Zhang, Wenbo Gu, Donghui Cao, Jungang Wang, Ziyang Jiang, Haifeng Yuan

• May 13, 2026