A New Way to Gauge Pediatric Concussion

• by Kathryn Wighton

• January 13, 2026

Comparison of Elastic Nailing and Plate-Screw Fixation for Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials

• by Majed N. Alosaimi, Rayan H. Abuhadi, Khaled M. Qanash, Saleh G. Alqadi, Abdullah B. Alsharif, Shoq F. Alghamdi, Jana Y. Aljohani, Lujain K. Anbari, Ahmed H. Kaneetah, Saeed I. Alqahtani

• April 28, 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

Side Effects: Nobody Trained for This

Chemsex at the pharmacy counter. Gut bacteria tracking helmet impacts. PMD predicting psychiatric illness bidirectionally. This week's research keeps landing in the same uncomfortable place: medicine is improvising.

• by Kerri Miller

• May 11, 2026

• 6 min