October 15, 2026

Medical Oddities: Alive, but convinced otherwise

A deadly conviction, healing vanilla, stormy lungs, and a COVID tea party await.

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October 08, 2026

Medical Oddities: Kratom tea takes a cardiac turn

Tea with a troubling cardiac turn, frozen fish cake, rebuilding cartilage, and a bedtime snack this week.

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October 01, 2026

Medical Oddities: Long workweeks meet erectile function

From work stress to lullabies, bay leaves, and one-legged cycling, medicine gets weird.

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September 24, 2026

Medical Oddities: Your physiology may know when you're alone

The body gets weird this week with company, cavities, phantom smells, and black tea.

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September 10, 2026

Medical Oddities: A fowl cause of urinary obstruction

A rogue chicken bone, stalled sweat, yoga for IBS, and L-theanine for sleep is break room fodder this week.

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September 08, 2026

WTC Health Program extends lives, but care gaps remain

Long-term monitoring, trusted clinical relationships and no-cost treatment have improved outcomes, while mental health and sleep disorders continue to test the system.

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September 02, 2026

Medical Oddities: Dogs share our mortality markers

The bond with dogs runs deeper, the brain enjoys a good sweat, love on screen gets real, and tea carries a little more weight.

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August 27, 2026

Medical Oddities: Could multilingualism keep you young?

From multilingual minds to pomegranate hearts, gastric mischief, and swishable tea, science stays delightfully odd.

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August 20, 2026

Medical Oddities: Sheep wool gets into bone repair

From sheep wool to space guts, cannabis beats to tea: science took a wonderfully weird turn. 

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August 13, 2026

Medical Oddities: Not a feces sign, a wine cork

Imaging twists, intimacy rules, kombucha, and stress biology keep science delightfully odd.

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