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Showing posts with label Medical Minute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medical Minute. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
This Lady Spent $100K on 52 Cosmetic Procedures, Surgeries
Cindy Jackson, who's originally from Ohio but now lives in London, has spent over $100,000 on 52 procedures over the years. And unlike that freak Jocelyn Wildenstein, Cindy actually looks "natural", which is the look she was going after. "For me, it was just to look better," she tells ABC News. "For me, the best result is one that looks natural. I wouldn't ever want anyone to stop and stare at me
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Girl Dislocated Jaw With a Yawn
Holly Thompson, a college student in London, was rushed to the emergency room after she yawned so wide during class that she disclocated her jaw and couldn't close her mouth. Just another real-life story from the BBC's Bizarre ER.via
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Man Regrows Foreskin
After Ron Low began experiencing difficulties "performing" in the bedroom with his wife, the 48-year-old industrial engineer from Chicago tried new positions and creams, but none of that work. He finally went to his doctor for help. The doctor had none. So, Ron took matters into his own hands.When the doctor was no help, he turned to the Internet, which suggested the circumcision he'd had as a
Lady Can't Close Eyes, Sues Plastic Surgeon
In 2005, Marilyn Leisz a plastic surgery fiend from New Jersey (The How You Doin' State) says she went to a surgeon named Paul Parker to have a procedure to correct bumps on her eyelids from a surgery performed by another doctor, but now she can't close her eyes to blink or sleep and has to use a number of drops and gels to ensure her eyes are not damaged or her vision impaired. Due to the
Monday, March 28, 2011
Months After Son's Death, Parents Demand His Sperm So 'He Will Continue to Live in the Bodies of Others'
The parents of 27-year-old Israeli man Ohad Ben-Yaakov, who died last September after being injured while installing an air-conditioner at his part-time job, want to use his sperm so that he "will continue to live in the bodies of others". The parents (pictured, above) want grandkids and want to find a surrogate for Ohad's sperm.His parents, Mali and Dudi Ben-Yaakov, donated his organs following
Cyclops Baby Born With One Eye, No Nose
Last week, an Indian woman gave birth to a baby boy with one eye in the center of his forehead and no nose. Doctors were shocked when they delivered the infant by cesarean section from the 34-year-old mother, Veena Chavan.A sonogram during Chavan's 32nd week of pregnancy revealed the baby was hydrocephalic, meaning water was accumulating on his brain. According to the doctor's report, medical
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Plastic Surgeon Lit Patient on Fire
On her first day as a visiting plastic surgeon at a hospital in London, Dr Christina Brunner, 45, (pictured) accidentally set a patient, who was getting a boob job, on fire then tried to cover it up.Dr Christina... inadvertently started the blaze on the operating table with a piece of medical equipment, causing a blister the size of a 50p coin to the woman’s right breast. But as the woman was
This 3-year-old Boy Weighs 132 Pounds
Lu Hao, a 3-year-old boy living in China’s Guangdong province, is perhaps one of the fattest children in the country. Lu (who's also called Xiao Hao) weighs a mind-blowing 132 pounds. He eats at least three to four servings at every meal. His parents say they let him gorge because if he doesn't as much as food as he wants, he'll throw a massive tantrum. As for exercise? That only makes him more
Friday, March 11, 2011
Banana Spiders Straightens, Strengthens Your 'Banana' For Hours at a Time
If you have a penis, you may want to skip this . Then again, this might be quite beneficial. -- especially for Emimen. According to a researchers, the bite from a deadly spider is the next tool in the arsenal to fight erectile dysfunction. But while it may get you hot and bothered, the bite might kill you.The eight-legged creature - also known as the armed spider, banana spider or Phoneutria
You Will Eat Eggs Boiled in Boys' Urine and You're Gonna Like It
If the Chinese have their way, you will be scarfing down eggs drenched in prepubescent boys' piss.Traditional chefs in Dongyang, Zhejiang province, eastern China, are trying to convince everyone that they're really not just taking the pee. Spring eggs hard boiled in children's urine have been a treat in this part of China for thousands of years and now culture officials want to take it worldwide.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Man Gets Artificial Anus
A Chinese man can finally live his life without limits, thanks to his new asshole.A farmer from Jiayu county of Hubei Province has lived 55 years without an anus, after being born with congenital anal atresia in the Wuhan Union Hospital. But now doctors have reshaped a new fundament for him in January. Wu previously endured a 0.5-centimeter diameter surgical hole, or stomas, near his urethra for
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Man Complains of Splitting Headache, Doctors Find 4" Knife Blade Lodged in His Head 4 Years Ago!
A Chinese man who went to the doctor complaining of a headache was shocked to discover he'd had a 4-inch knife blade stuck in his head for more than four years.Li Fu, 37, was stabbed in a robbery while working as a cab driver in 1996. He was treated at a local hospital where doctors cleaned his wound and gave him disinfectant shots. Police later caught the perpetrator and found the broken knife
Friday, January 21, 2011
Woman Suffers Stroke After Getting a Hickey
A 44-year-old New Zealand woman suffered a stroke and loss of movement in her left arm after a lover gave her a hickey.Doctors suspected she had had a small stroke - but could not find any obvious cause. Then they noticed a fading bruise on the right side of her neck - a love bite, also known as a hickey. Underneath the bruise they found the cause of the stroke - damage to a major artery, where a
Monday, January 10, 2011
Study: Watching TV For More Than 4 Hours a Day Can Kill You
Another day, another study. But this one we're paying close attention to, because researchers have found that persons who watch more than four hours of TV (or surf the Internet for more than four hours) per day, are more likely to have a heart attack -- and die!Research revealed those who devote more than four hours watching television, surfing the web, or playing computer games are more than
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Researchers Develop Vaccine to Help Crackheads Kick Habit
We know nothing about cocaine addiction -- aside from what we read and watch and watch -- but for those of you caught up in the matrix and struggling to kick the habit (we're looking at you, Whitney Houston), a study conducted by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, have successful tested a vaccine that treats cocaine addiction in mice.The study, published in the online
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Smashing Corpses into Dust is the Future, Apparently
Burials? Blasè. Cremations? So 2010. How about having your corpse freeze-dried then smashed into dust?The process - called promession, or cryomation - involves using liquid nitrogen to chill the body to -196c, leaving it so brittle that it can be "fragmented" on a vibrating mat. A magnet then removes metal objects such as fillings and artificial limbs, leaving a sterile powder - giving a whole
Monday, December 20, 2010
The One in Which We Find Out How Water Causes Cancer
A study by the Environmental Working Group has found that drinking water in 35 American cities contains hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen that was made famous by the film "Erin Brockovich."The group found hexavalent chromium in the tap water of 31 out of 35 cities sampled. Of those, 25 had levels that exceeded the goal proposed in California, which has been trying aggressively to reduce
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
This Man Was Cured of HIV
German researchers have confirmed that an American man living in Berlin, Germany is the first -- and only person -- to be successfully cured of his HIV infection after he received a blood stem cell transplant in 2007.Three years ago, Timothy Ray Brown (pictured) had been an HIV-positive leukemia patient. Prior to receiving the stem cell transplant, he underwent intense chemotherapy to completely
Monday, November 29, 2010
Man Lost Sight Every Time He Had Sex
As they say, love is blind, but for a British man, he literally goes blind every time he had sex.The unnamed patient would lose his sight every time he climaxed during intercourse. Bafflingly, the blindness would never occur while performing any other strenuous exercise, the NCBI ROFL blog claimed. The original report, published by the Department of Ophthalmology at Glostrup Hospital, University
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