Medical Oddities: Friends, Family… and Faster Aging?

• by Teraya Smith

• March 18, 2026

AI cuts lesion measurement time by 34%

Automated lesion measurements increased agreement on treatment response, although expert-generated proposals were accepted more often and required fewer adjustments.

• by Andrea Surnit

• September 3, 2026

• 4 min

Inside the hip osteoarthritis microbiome

Investigators compared intra-articular microbial profiles and predicted metabolic pathways in patients with hip osteoarthritis and nonarthritic controls.

• by Kathryn Wighton

• September 4, 2026

• 3 min

Medical Oddities: A fowl cause of urinary obstruction

A rogue chicken bone, stalled sweat, yoga for IBS, and L-theanine for sleep is break room fodder this week.

• by Teraya Smith

• September 10, 2026

• 5 min