Posts about medicine

Cómo envejece el cuerpo: lo que cambia por dentro, década a década

How the body ages: what changes inside you, decade by decade


Mike Munay

What changes in your body, mind and relationships as you age, and which everyday decisions quietly shape who you will be in twenty years.

How the body ages: what changes inside you, decade by decade



Mike Munay

What changes in your body, mind and relationships as you age, and which everyday decisions quietly shape who you will be in twenty years.

Astronauta de la NASA flotando en gravedad cero dentro de una nave espacial, visto en un plano amplio que muestra el interior lleno de paneles y equipos, con la Tierra visible a través de una ventana circular al fondo.

What happens to the human body in zero gravity


Mike Munay

If you're wondering what astronauts' daily lives are like when they go to space, how their bodies react, and how they perform basic tasks, you'll find out here.

What happens to the human body in zero gravity



Mike Munay

If you're wondering what astronauts' daily lives are like when they go to space, how their bodies react, and how they perform basic tasks, you'll find out here.

Padre joven rubio con gafas negras y camiseta negra sonríe mientras abraza a su hijo pequeño de 4 años, también rubio, en un momento de complicidad y felicidad al aire libre con luz cálida de atardecer

How does your body and mind change when you become a parent?


Mike Munay

Fatherhood doesn't just change your life: it rewires your brain and body. What happens is deeper, more biological, and less intuitive than you imagine.

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How does your body and mind change when you become a parent?



Mike Munay

Fatherhood doesn't just change your life: it rewires your brain and body. What happens is deeper, more biological, and less intuitive than you imagine.

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Espasmo hipnagógico: la ciencia de la caída al quedarte dormido

Hypnic jerks: the neuroscience of falling as you drift off


Mike Munay

That sudden jolt before sleep has a name, a brainstem origin and a possible evolutionary echo from our tree-dwelling ancestors. Here is the science.

Hypnic jerks: the neuroscience of falling as you drift off



Mike Munay

That sudden jolt before sleep has a name, a brainstem origin and a possible evolutionary echo from our tree-dwelling ancestors. Here is the science.

Mujer joven estornudando con los ojos cerrados mientras se cubre la nariz y la boca con un pañuelo de papel, en un entorno interior luminoso y desenfocado, transmitiendo sensación de resfriado o alergia.

When light tricks your brain into sneezing


Mike Munay

One in four people sneeze in bright light. A neural crosstalk between the optic and trigeminal nerves is behind it. It is inherited and poorly understood.

When light tricks your brain into sneezing



Mike Munay

One in four people sneeze in bright light. A neural crosstalk between the optic and trigeminal nerves is behind it. It is inherited and poorly understood.

Equipo inspirado en pit stop de Fórmula 1 atendiendo a un bebé en una cuna hospitalaria, mostrando coordinación médica precisa en cuidados intensivos pediátricos

When F1 helped save the lives of thousands of babies


Mike Munay

Ferrari and Formula 1 inspired how to save babies, where coordination, rather than technique, determines survival.

When F1 helped save the lives of thousands of babies



Mike Munay

Ferrari and Formula 1 inspired how to save babies, where coordination, rather than technique, determines survival.

Doctora oncóloga ajustando un acelerador lineal mientras un paciente recibe radioterapia, con un detector de radiación marcando cero, mostrando que el paciente no emite radiación tras el tratamiento

Do you become radioactive after radiation therapy? The truth is that almost no one explains it to you


Sara Navarro MD MSc

Can you spread radiation after radiotherapy? Find out what happens in your body, when there's a real risk... and when there isn't.

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Do you become radioactive after radiation therapy? The truth is that almost no one explains it to you



Sara Navarro MD MSc

Can you spread radiation after radiotherapy? Find out what happens in your body, when there's a real risk... and when there isn't.

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Equipo médico trabajando en un quirófano con distintos especialistas, cada uno vestido con scrubs de diferente color

When surgeons stopped trusting the color white


Mike Munay

Operating rooms were once entirely white. Then surgeons’ vision began to distort. The real reason behind green and blue scrubs lies in how the eye adapts.

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When surgeons stopped trusting the color white



Mike Munay

Operating rooms were once entirely white. Then surgeons’ vision began to distort. The real reason behind green and blue scrubs lies in how the eye adapts.

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