Replacing the Powerhouse
“Mitochondria—the powerhouse of the cell.” It’s almost a reflex. Say the word, and a chorus of voices answers back with the same rehearsed phrase,…
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The Yips in Professional Baseball: Is it Task-Specific Dystonia or a Psychogenic Impairment in Coordination?
What is the most feared injury for a baseball player? Is it a torn ulnar collateral ligament, often requiring Tommy John surgery? Or perhaps…
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“The Operating Table is Not Paired with da Vinci”
Leonardo da Vinci is renowned as an artist, scientist, and inventor–a true Renaissance man. Famously known for painting works such as The Mona Lisa…
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Bedside Portable MRI: A New Frontier in the Assessment of Acute Brain Injury?
The first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam of a live patient was performed on July 3, 1977.1 Since then, the MRI has become an…
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Can Nanofiber Technology Reduce Re-Herniation Rates after Microdiscectomy? Analyzing a Recent Preclinical Study of Annulus Repair
The treatment of intervertebral disc herniations vary widely, from conservative to invasive modalities. A common surgical procedure that is performed to manage this pathology…
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Cameras and Body Cavities: A Brief Timeline
The use of modern photography in medicine was embraced soon after its birth by Louis Daguerre in 1839. In the very same year, French…
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Muscle Quality: An Important Parameter When Assessing Fall Risk in the Elderly
Falls in the elderly population are a serious and substantial public health problem. The medical expenditures attributable to both fatal and nonfatal falls in…
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A Tox Talks Mystery: The Toxic Woman of Riverside
I’ve always enjoyed a good mystery. As a kid I tore voraciously through mystery novels and have watched all the way through House MD…
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Your Brain on TikTok
The Vogue Challenge, Zoom Meeting Mishaps, Turn Your DMs Into Quotes, Silhouette Challenge – do any of these sound familiar? There’s a good chance…
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This Is Your Brain on Wordle
Wordle, the latest pandemic craze, is a free game that gives users six attempts a day to guess a unique five letter word, with…
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