Plenty.
In an interesting blog post over at the Health Disparities Blog, the so-called Corrupted Blood incident at the massively popular online role-playing game was chronicled.
The game designers created a virus that would infect virtual players and spread to others in the surrounding area. Eventually, this virus got out from the dungeon which was supposed to confine it, and into …
At what point does aesthetics trump function?
Over at Better Health, Val Jones talks about cases where land mines blow off hands, necessitating the so-called Krukenberg operation, which recreates a pincer grasp in the hands.
The result looks like this:
It’s a remarkable procedure. But, as Val notes, not everyone may want this operation, as some may opt for aesthetics over function.
Funny stuff.
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Will this rejuvenate your bathroom experience?
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Not your doctor, for obvious ethical and legal reasons, but what about your friend’s physician?
Doc Gurley looks at the pertinent issues when considering dating a doctor. Including, of course, how much debt you’re looking at taking on.
“Nowadays, the myth of the rich doctor has tumbled faster than a Madoff investment scheme,” she writes. “More accurately, that’s true if your doc is a …
A recently reported method of torturing gay men in Iraq sounds horrifying.
Andrew Sullivan points to an article that spares no graphic details: “. . . anti-gay Shiite death squads are sealing their anuses with a powerful glue, then inducing diarrhea, which leads to a painful and agonizing death.”
But, can someone really die from this novel form of torture?
Emergency physician Shadowfax has his doubts. …
Not for the feint of heart. Consider yourself warned.
Taken from a top ten list of gory YouTube surgery videos via Wired Science.
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Nothing more needs to be said.
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Why yes, you can.
From a German collection of 30 illustrations showing how you can die from electrocution. Uplifting.
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Who knew that a broken wrist could be turned into a thing of beauty?
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Aspirin gets some seriously creative ads in other countries.
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In what may be a first, here are two CT scan music videos.
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Cool x-rays, but more importantly, why was this man cleaning his teeth with a pair of scissors in the first place?
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This is called making the most of the situation after losing a finger.
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Family physician Doug Farrago returns with a new episode of Placebo Television, which is likened to the Daily Show of medicine. Enjoy.
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We need more commercials like this in the United States.
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Delirium, a transient change in mental status often occurring in hospitalized patients, can be frustrating to the medical staff. Especially if they’re unfamiliar with their baseline state of function.
Here’s a pretty funny story that hospitalist Theresa Chan recounts, where she, along with the nurse and physical therapist, sings big band tunes to a 90-year old who recently underwent hip surgery.
Find out how the previously Read more…
Have you ever considered the beauty of your knee MRI?
Becky Stern did, and embroidered it into a work of art.
(via Street Anatomy)
Cosmo Magazine, that bastion of reliable medical advice, declares, “An orgasm almost killed her.”
Intrigued, gynecologist Amy Tuteur reads further, and finds its about case where a woman developed stroke-like symptoms after intercourse, and was diagnosed with an embolic stroke.
The patient was taking the birth control pill, which can raise the risk of blood clots. In this case, it was also combined with the presence of …
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