Utilizing the Framingham Risk Score to Assess Carotid Intima-Media Thickness via Ultrasound: Targeting High-Risk Patients with Subclinical Atherosclerosis

• by Weiming Ge, Xuezhong Jiang, Hui Huang, Yating Li, Xiaojing Liu, Rui He, Hui Wang, Zhengqiu Zhu, Ping He, Yinping Wang, Xuehui Ma, Airong Ren, Bixiao Shen, Meijuan Wang, Mingxing Wei

• February 12, 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

Evaluation of coronary heart disease risk prediction based on simple physical examination parameters by machine learning model: a retrospective cohort model development and validation study

• by Hui Xiong, Xiang Cao, Xiao Han, Jia-Xing Zhang, Jia-Rui Zhuang, Shuai He, Min Zhu, Ji Li, Wei Qin

• April 30, 2026

The Loan Cap That Could Shrink the Doctor Pipeline

New federal limits on medical school borrowing may quietly reshape who becomes a physician—and where they practice.

• by Kerri Miller

• April 6, 2026

• 2 min