An anal fissure masquerading as hemorrhoid pain. A spouse's family history predicting your survival. Melatonin labels lying about their own dosage. This week's studies reward the clinician who looks twice.
Revised American Heart Association statement urges a shift toward plant-based protein and flags ongoing uncertainty in fat and alcohol recommendations.
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.