Medical Oddities: The Economics of Shut-Eye

• by Teraya Smith

• June 11, 2026

Side Effects: The Body Keeps Score

Turns out biology tracks more than we thought — from a spit test that reads your all-nighter to a surgical outcome that still shows up in household chores two decades later. Plus: habits aren't built gradually. They snap.

• by Kerri Miller

• June 4, 2026

• 5 min

Quality of Life and Its Influencing Factors in Patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

• by Lei, Zhi-Yin , Li, Hui-Ping , Yang, Qing , Zhang, Xiao-pei , Wang, Li-xin , Liu, Zhuyun

• June 4, 2026

GLP-1 Drugs Tied to Lower Addiction Risk

In a target-trial emulation of more than 600,000 veterans, GLP-1 RA initiators saw fewer new substance use disorders—and patients with existing SUDs had fewer overdoses, hospitalizations, and deaths.

• by Kathryn Wighton

• May 27, 2026

• 5 min