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Medical Oddities: Muscle Memory Before Birth? 

When dad trains offspring gain, bar tricks can end in the OR, guts that linger, empathetic pain, and “natural” immune traps this week.

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  • Teraya Smith

  • February 4, 2026

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    Paternal endurance training in mice enhances offspring metabolism, resulting in fitter F1 offspring with improved lean mass and endurance.

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    The metabolic benefits in offspring arise from sperm small RNAs, particularly microRNAs, which reprogram early embryos for endurance.

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    A case report highlights a 34-year-old man who suffered a gastric perforation after consuming a liquid nitrogen-infused drink.

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    Teenage IBS often improves, but about one-third of affected individuals experience persistent symptoms into young adulthood.

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    Green tea extract, while popular for immune support, may have proinflammatory effects linked to autoimmune skin diseases.

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Medical Oddities: Muscle Memory Before Birth? 

  • by Teraya Smith

  • February 4, 2026

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