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January 24th, 2008

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The medical world: a place where truth reigns supreme and questions are definitively answered. The one place shielded from wive’s tales and urban legends.
Not.
In reality, the medical world is fraught with all kinds of “We used to believe what?”-type theories and a whole bunch of other BS. Here, dear readers, are just a […]

By Liberty -- 7 comments

September 12th, 2007

The Cadaver Calculator!

Ever wondered how much your body is worth? Start planning now with the Cadaver Calculator!
The Cadaver Calculator asks you a series of questions, including whether you are fit or obese, if you’re a lil smokey or not, how much liquor you quaff, if you are an albino (hey), and if you ever eat anything remotely […]

By Sara -- 3 comments

July 24th, 2007

How to Look Like an Idiot in 1 Easy Step

Your normal programming has been interrupted for this important public service announcement:
Look like an idiot in 1 easy step: pimp an IQ widget on your blog!
Online IQ tests are a joke (but you know this). Even if they claim to be “real”. They’re not.
Guess what? Mensa is a joke, too.
The vos Savant method will raise […]

By Sara -- 13 comments

May 24th, 2007

7 Reasons Drugs Are Waaaaay Better Than Vitamins

I’m sick of these alternative health hucksters trying to profit off innocent souls by selling them dangerous, deceitful products. Why aren’t vitamins regulated? Drugs are regulated by the FDA to protect citizens’ health, and it’s about time vitamins were, too. There are seven very compelling reasons why drugs are way […]

By admin -- 5 comments

January 25th, 2007

New Study: Men Wish Staring at Women’s Breasts Made Them Healthier

I got very interesting email in my in-box today. It was about a German study released in The New England Journal of Medicine about the physical benefits of men staring at women breasts.

I say with the utmost conviction that this article is, erm, unsupported.
This was kind of expected as I got to the, “Just 10 […]

By Wade Meredith -- 1 comment

December 26th, 2006

What it Means to be Made Out of Meat

This a rhetorical question, but we answer it everyday that we walk around on this earth. Look around you and know that the life you’re living right now is what it’s like to be made out of meat. We all are, and it’s a bizarre concept to wrap your head around.
In an issue of Omni […]

By Wade Meredith -- 2 comments