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Archive for the ‘Extreme’ Category

June 3rd, 2008

Medical Abnormalities (and Miracles) Abound!

Just a quick post today, because, after seeing this, there’s not a whole lot to say. Well, I could go on and on, but this is truly one of those cases where pictures really are worth a thousand words…and then some.
ABC News has an amazing slide show of medical abnormalities and medical miracles. We’ve featured […]

By Liberty -- 0 comments

June 2nd, 2008

Virtual Therapy for Alcoholics.

glumbert - Become A Virtual Alcoholic
A common theme of addiction recovery counseling is the idea that you should avoid situations that trigger cravings. But that’s not always so easy. So therapists have often use role-playing techniques to help people discover the their best method of avoidance.
Now Patrick Bordnick, a University of […]

By Liz -- 2 comments

May 27th, 2008

What’s That in Your Head?

It must have been some hit to force a paintbrush, bristles first, into a man’s head. Stranger still, the victim didn’t even realise it was there. Seems he turned up at the emergency room some 6 hours after the assault complaining of a headache and left cheek and eye soreness.
Even the medics couldn’t see the […]

By Liz -- 0 comments

May 26th, 2008

Suffer from CRS Disease? This Guy Sure Doesn’t!

Admit it. There are days when your CRS (Can’t Remember Shit) Disease rears its ugly head more so than others. But if you’re Brad Williams, those days are pretty much, well…never!
See, Mr. Williams is one of only three people in the world with an extreme autobiographical memory called hyperthymestic syndrome. This condition - its name […]

By Liberty -- 2 comments

May 25th, 2008

The Sunday Sidebar.

DIY Tracheotomy…
Could you take a knife to your throat and cut? Not sure I could, but this man has done so, not once but twice. And in doing so, has become his own savior. Seems his throat swelled up to the point where he could not breathe and afraid that the emergency services would not […]

By Liz -- 0 comments

May 23rd, 2008

Bodybuilding and Steriods - Are They for Real?

Check out these pictures over at Life in the Fast Lane.
You will not believe your eyes.
My first thought when I saw them was ‘they can’t be for real’ but apparently they are…
My second thought - how in the world would they ever find clothes that fit…
My third thought - why in the world would they […]

By Liz -- 7 comments

May 20th, 2008

Ready, Aim…Pee.

Most of us use the toilet, well, to put it delicately, to relieve the body of no longer needed products.
But for two Belgian beer fans, that’s simply not enough. Seems that they think you should be able to relieve yourself and shot aliens or slalom down ski slopes at the same time.
To that end, they […]

By Liz -- 0 comments

May 20th, 2008

Obesity and Global Warming: One Man’s Personal View.

Okay, so enough with what the scientists are saying about ‘obesity and global warming’. I want to hear what the man on the street blogosphere has to say about it all.
Luckily, I’ve found just the man.
Israel over at Fatman Unleashed was ahead of the game on this one. He weighed in on the subject last month with this […]

By Liz -- 5 comments

May 18th, 2008

The Sunday Sidebar.

Finally, sleeping after no sleep for three years - most new parents expect that their sleep will be disturbed, at least during the first few months after having a baby. But imagine ‘no sleep for three years’. That’s the case for the Lamb family of St.Petersburg, Florida.
 Their son Rhett suffers from chiari malformation , a […]

By Liz -- 5 comments

May 16th, 2008

You Know the Saying ‘Everyone Has a Twin’?…

You’ve heard it time and again. Somebody tells you that you look just like so and so, and you eek out the standard reply: “Well, they say everyone has a twin.”
Well, if you’re a seemingly normal 9-year-old girl in central Greece, you not only have a twin, but you carry her (or him) around in […]

By Liberty -- 6 comments

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