May 19, 2026

Side Effects: When More Is Less

A gene variant that raises GLP-1 levels somehow makes GLP-1 drugs work worse. Plus: why your nose might still recover two years out, and what urine might eventually tell us about schizophrenia.

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May 18, 2026

Could Digital Twins Forecast Forensic Risk?

Researchers outline a proposed three-level framework spanning patient monitoring, ward operations, and forensic system planning.

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May 14, 2026

Tirofiban After Tenecteplase in Stroke

Adjunctive tirofiban was linked to higher rates of positive 90-day outcomes in acute ischemic stroke.

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May 13, 2026

Diabetes Risk Scores: Beyond Glucose

Multi-ancestry polygenic models identify high-risk patients traditional screening may miss

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May 12, 2026

Language Processing Persists Under Anesthesia

Intraoperative recordings suggested preserved processing of speech and auditory context during unconsciousness.

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May 08, 2026

Do Head Hits Shift the Gut Microbiome?

A small observational study in collegiate football players found microbiome associations after nonconcussive head impacts, though findings were limited by severe underpowering and high attrition

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May 05, 2026

Medical Oddities: Brain Health, Sunny-Side Up

Breakfast, bacteria, and brain wiring—small things show big implications this week.

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May 01, 2026

Inside a Rare Brain Virus

Borna disease virus study links RNA packaging to diagnostic challenges

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April 28, 2026

Anemia Tied to Higher Dementia Risk

Older adults with anemia showed elevated Alzheimer-related biomarkers and a higher hazard of dementia over follow-up

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April 22, 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.

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