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Could this be the wave of the future - human-powered energy-generating gyms.
I have a hard enough time getting to any gym. But maybe I’d be more enthusiatic if I knew that my sweat (and tears) was able to generate enough electricity to power a music system or DVD player.
There’s a guy in Seattle who is working […]
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‘To treat or not to treat’ in the event of a widespread pandemic or disaster is a question that has always haunted health professionals.
Now a group of physicians think that they might have the answer on how to deal this this issue. A task force drawn from universities, medical groups, the military and government agencies […]
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Some people photograph landscapes. Others like cityscapes. And still others like to photograph wildlife. But New York based photographer Joanna Ebenstein likes to photograph medical artifacts. She took a month long pilgrimage to famed medical museums of the Western World, photographing everything from real human remains to wax, ivory, and paper mâché models.
According to Ebenstein, […]
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First there was the Yale Art student who…
“…apparently recorded the forced miscarriages on video and planned to exhibit the images on a large cube suspended from the ceiling of a gallery in Yale’s Holcombe T. Green Jr. Hall. She also planned to include hundreds of feet of plastic sheeting layered with blood from the purported […]
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So it’s my turn to report my results from the Vitality Compass Quiz, and let me tell you, I was not anxious to take that thing at first. I figured you’d have to be the next Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jessica Alba to score even decently on it, but after reading Liz’s results, I was encouraged. […]
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Here’s an update for anyone who has been wondering what has happened to the Tree Man?
If you remember, Dede Koswara - the man more commonly known as the Tree Man - was suffering from bark-like growths on his hands and feet that started appearing on his skin after cutting his leg at the age of […]
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“…one may take a walk up & down Broadway & scare meet a soul.”
Almost impossible to imagine these days but apparently that was the way it was back in 1832 when New York City was in the middle of a cholera epidemic.
By the time it had ended, over 3000 people had died out a population […]
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Lots of interesting news this week.
Let’s talk transplants…
US doctors at John Hopkins Hospital recently performed what is believed to be the world’s first simulanteous six-way kidney transplant. Can you imagine that? Twelve people were operated on at the same time, with kidneys removed from six people and transplanted into six other people.
Why all at once? […]
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Happy Saturday, All!
Today at Sexbolt Saturday, we’re focusing on the proper care and feeding of your nether regions. Well, maybe not feeding. That I’ll leave up to your own devices, wink wink. But care, yeah. Because it’s important to take care of all your bits and pieces for good health and a great sex life.
First […]
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Leeches - nature’s blood-suckers - have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years.
Egyptian medics believed that by sucking out the bad blood, leeches could help cure patients of everything from fevers to flatulence.
And in medieval Europe, leeches were so commonly used by the the medical profession that the physicians themselves were called ‘leeches’.
Today, […]
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