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Rete Ovarii: A Fertility Mystery or a Useless Remnant?
Long recognised in anatomical literature but poorly characterised physiologically, the rete ovarii is now being investigated as a possible sensory and secretory companion to the ovary. What do the experiments actually show, and what might they…
Optogenetics Won the Nobel. Is It Actually Useful in Medicine?
It can control selected cells using light and has transformed neuroscience. But there is a large gap between changing how we study the brain and changing how we treat patients. I had read about optogenetics before…
The Surface of the Game: Artificial Turf and Lower Limb Injuries
Football, known as soccer to some, is widely recognized as one of the most popular sports globally. Billions of spectators follow the game, and millions participate at various levels, from professional leagues to casual Sunday matches…
Antibiotic abuse – The unseen driver of insulin resistance
In the global battle against lifestyle diseases, Type 2 Diabetes is traditionally framed around familiar culprits like refined sugars, sedentary habits, and genetic predisposition. However, a far more insidious trigger has been quietly shaping metabolic health…
Paracetamol Works. But We Still Don’t Fully Know How.
Why one of medicine’s most familiar tablet still resists a simple explanation The idea for this article came to me during a fever. The fever had left me exhausted, aching and too drained to get out…