Association between blood pressure levels and risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: results from a prospective registry in Xinjiang, China

• by Bizhong Che, Meidina Yeerken, Kangting Luo, Wen Peng, Meng Wei, Xu Yang, Yanmei Lu, Xianhui Zhou, Hua Wang, Fubing Ma, Yunguo Chen, Youfa Wang, Baopeng Tang

• May 29, 2026

The association between the C-reactive protein-triglyceride glucose index and myocardial injury after acute ischemic stroke: a machine learning analysis of the brain-heart axis

• by Huijuan Pu, Guoping Zhao, Dailing Yao, Yumin Wang, Ni An, Yan Liu, Chenyang Li, Xiuli Zhang, Jie Liu, Wanling Wu, Hong Zhu, Lei Li, Defeng Pan

• May 21, 2026

Side Effects: They Googled It

Patients are mining Reddit and TikTok for symptom intel while you're not — and a small study calls it epistemic injustice. Different knowledge, mutually unrecognized. Maybe ask where they've been reading before you wave it off as anecdote.

• by Kerri Miller

• May 27, 2026

• 6 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