May 01, 2025

Medical Oddities: Brains Go on Pause

This week, some deepfakes have a pulse, bacteria booby-trap DNA, and your brain sometimes hits pause.

Conexiant

April 24, 2025

Medical Oddities: Back Pain’s Cellular Villains Found?

Back pain’s got villains, green tea’s got perks, and empathy might outlast your logic this week.

Conexiant

April 17, 2025

Medical Oddities: Cells Are Listening?

Cytokines, cigarettes, and COX-2—this week’s studies are nothing if not eclectic.

Conexiant

September 16, 2024

Pregnancy Alters Brain Structure, New Study Finds

Findings showed potential adaptive brain changes during pregnancy, similar to puberty shifts.

Reuters

February 20, 2025

Medical Oddities: Sugar Sensors in the Heart?

Sugar sensors are found in the heart. Tea ingredient turned into hydrogel. Mind-reading is getting closer. And more.

Conexiant

March 18, 2025

From the Clinic to the Court

Memories of an unforgettable tennis partner and pathology teacher

The Pathologist

March 27, 2025

Medical Oddities: Metabolism’s Secret Sugar-Burning Switch

Science served weird this week: sleepy seniors, sneaky genes, and memory-hacking babies.

Conexiant

March 14, 2024

VFS: Accommodating All Patients

Optometrist Simon Berry talks about the Visual Fixation System – a tool for grabbing the attention of patients with learning disabilities, dementia, and autism

The New Optometrist

December 18, 2024

Could AI Ever Replace The Analytical Scientist?

Working closely with an ever-expanding network of experts helps keep our content relevant and engaging. And keeps artificial intelligence at bay, right?!

The Pathologist