July 02, 2025

Medical Oddities: Leprosy’s Old New World Secret

This week’s clinical grab bag: tea for gloom, ancient leprosy, smoggy fibrosis & power peeing.

Conexiant

July 01, 2025

Four Reasons Every Optometrist Should Offer Aesthetic Services

During his lecture at Optometry’s Meeting 2025, “How to Scale Dry Eye Treatments + Incorporation of Aesthetics in Optometry,” Bruce Dornn, OD, discussed, in part, why every OD should offer aesthetic services.

Optometric Management

June 25, 2025

Medical Oddities: Tomb Fungus, Cancer Hope?

Hot nights, healing skin, and ancient fungus: medicine’s weirdest wins this week.

Conexiant

June 18, 2025

Medical Oddities: The Silver Lining in Loneliness

Loneliness flips the script—plus surprises from tea, tech, toxins, and a spicy twist.

Conexiant

October 19, 2023

The “And Finally…” Archivist – Part 2

Quirky Stories from The New Optometrist’s “And Finally” Section

The New Optometrist

April 09, 2025

Building New Roads to a Melanoma Cure

Just a handful of years ago, malignant melanoma was a diagnosis with few treatment options. Oncologists had no obvious roadmap for this perilous disease and were forced to explore beyond targeted therapies and chemotherapy.

Cedars-Sinai Pulse

February 05, 2025

Medical Oddities: Resist the Itch? Maybe Not

Scratching an itch may have positive and negative outcomes. Compounds in tomatoes may work as an antidepressant. Selenoproteins help keep blood young. And more.

Conexiant

April 14, 2025

Healing Through #pathart

Evin Schuler shares her experiences in creating pathology-based artwork

The Pathologist

September 04, 2024

MELANOMA AND SKIN CANCER PROGRAM

Comprehensive Care Empowers Patients Through Risk Assessment, Prevention, Detection, Treatment, and Survivorship

Fox Chase Cancer Center