New Muscles

Here’s an exciting discovery for the top of the year. A team of researchers has recently discovered a new part in the human body, a deep third layer of muscle in the masseter muscle, which is critical for chewing.  Most modern anatomy textbooks describe only two layers of the masseter, stating that the muscle has…

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A New Organ?

Have you ever heard the old adage “You learn something new every day”?  It’s true, you know. Even for the experts. And, it happened, by accident, to a team of doctors doing a routine endoscopy. Endoscopy is a procedure that involves inserting a tiny camera into a person’s GI tract. With newer and more inventive approaches…

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