March 18, 2026

Medical Oddities: Friends, Family… and Faster Aging?

From gut gas trackers to bat vaccines, relationships and aging, GLP-1 hair shifts, and bug-based delivery—medicine keeps getting creative.

Conexiant

March 12, 2026

Medical Oddities: Allergies, Meet Your Match in Matcha

Matcha muting sneezes, snack foods nudging fracture risk, firstborns navigating baby-number-two drama, and more this week.

Conexiant

March 06, 2026

Five-Year Outcomes With First-Line Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Unresectable Pleural Mesothelioma

As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Scherpereel et al, 5-year findings in the phase III CheckMate 743 trial showed continued overall survival benefit of first-line nivolumab plus ipilim...

The ASCO Post

March 05, 2026

Medical Oddities: The Calmest Move in Cardiology?

Yoga for SVT, romantic brain bias, dog-made air chemistry, math learning clues, selenium tea, and glaucoma pillows—medicine’s weekly roundup of strange.

Conexiant

February 26, 2026

‘You Aren’t Trapped’: Hundreds of US Nurses Choose Canada

Workforce shortages on both sides of the border add urgency.

KFF Health News

February 19, 2026

COPD Clinical Trials at Temple Lung Center

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major cause of morbidity, and many patients continue to experience symptoms despite optimal therapy. As one of the world’s largest and most experienced COPD research programs, the Temple Lung Center offers access to clinical trials evaluating new pharmacologic, device-based, and comprehensive treatment approaches.

Temple Health

February 18, 2026

Pleurectomy/Decortication Safe in Select Patients With Pleural Mesothelioma

Pleurectomy/decortication can be completed safely in select patients with pleural mesothelioma with low post-operative mortality, according to findings from a study published in The Annals of Thoracic...

The ASCO Post

February 18, 2026

Medical Oddities: Essential Oil, Deadly Consequences

A cabinet mix-up, a chatty heart, a violet catheter bag, stressed kids, and tea that won’t save the brain—just another week.

Conexiant

February 06, 2026

Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute Names Bruna Pellini, M.D., Chief of Thoracic Medical Oncology

Board-certified thoracic oncologist Bruna Pellini, M.D., has been named chief of thoracic medical oncology at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute.

Baptist Health South Florida

February 04, 2026

The 5-Hour Sepsis Test: No Cultures Required

Rapid culture-free test results are consistent with the gold standard for sepsis detection

The Pathologist