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Is it just me, or does the little teal container that comes with this worthless weight loss pill look like a miniature colon? It is kinda cute, I guess. Plus, I’m super glad that we’re giving teen girls more ways to be emaciated.
Doctors Have Been Reconsidering Definition of […]
Some of us just can’t let go. Even after we’ve assumed room temperature. If this sounds like you, call up your lawyer and have him sharpen his quill. Put one of these burial rituals into your last request, and keep the conversation interesting at the wake.
Have your body stuffed like artist Jeremy Bentham. As requested […]
When was the last time you called your parents? If it’s been a while, you may want to get them on horn and quiz them about their health. It’s not like you actually care, though, (I kid) you just want to know what you’re up against.
Saying that the link between health and genetics is a […]
If you watch TV medicine, what you see are a lot of terrifically successful codes, with patients getting back a normal pulse and blood pressure in a matter of mere moments, and that’s where the commercial break begins; it’d be a bit much if they stood and walked out of the hospital before the commercial, […]
When was the last time you had an animal in your mouth?
It was probably the last time you ate.
In this day and age most of us who’re blind consumers don’t think much about what goes into our mouths and where it came from. We just think about what it tastes and looks like or what […]
This is how you will die before you win Powerball, statistically speaking…
1 in 78: Automotive accident
1 in 314: Assault by firearm
1 in 1,313: Medical/Surgical complication
1 in 2,360: Fall down stairs
1 in 3,060: Drowning/submersion while in/falling into natural water
1 in 4,284: Choking on food
1 in 7,278: Pool drowning
1 in 8,988: Fall from a ladder
1 in 27,559: […]
Goodbye, trefoil. Hello, crystal clear symbol of run-from-a-horrible-death.
The International Agency of Atomic Energy has released a new warning symbol for ionizing radiation. You know, the kind that makes you die a slow and painful death. This is officially 100% more badass and scary than the silly trefoil, which means nothing to someone who has not […]
A few quick tips to help you be a knowledgeable consumer of modern medicine…
No hospital where I have practiced has ever charged for an autopsy on a patient who was treated there. I have been aware of a couple of cases in which a hospital, already concerned about possible liability, discouraged families from requesting an […]
Organ salesmen graphic from News Sketch
Lifesharers Network offers a compelling creepy promise. If you agree to donate your organs to someone in their network, then you get “first dibs” on other people’s organs that are in the same network. From the horse’s mouth:
LifeSharers, a non-profit network of organ donors, offers a compelling trade – if […]
Emergiblog, a weblog nicely penned by an ER nurse, has posted an amazing tale of serendipity and heroism that hit very close to home for her. It’s a truly gripping read. Check it out:
The hair dryer plug fell out of the socket.
I never would have heard the noise if the hair dryer had not stopped.
A […]
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