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Man Eats Untold Number of Cockroaches then Dies
Though it could scarcely be considered health advice, it’s probably not a good idea to enter a live bug eating contest – no matter what the prize. A 32 year old West Palm Beach man named Edward Archbold learned that … Continue reading
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Man Cures Asperger’s With the Help of Howard Stern
David Finch was a former marketing exec living in New York and dealing with the crippling weight of Asperger’s Syndrome run amok when he turned to the most unlikely of sources for inspiration – the King of all Media! With … Continue reading
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Did Steve Jobs Sign His Own Death Warrant With Alternative Medicine?
A Harvard Medical School researcher is saying that Steve Job’s reluctance to pursue traditional medical treatments for his cancer diagnosis could have hastened his own demise. For nine months after doctors informed him that he had pancreatic cancer (a type … Continue reading
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Crazy Cringe-Worthy Civil War Medical Techniques That Are So Much Better Now
This year marks the 150th anniversary to the start of the American Civil War. From that conflict, there came many modern methods of battlefield medicine including the use of anesthetics for surgery. However, the Civil War also featured a plethora … Continue reading
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Could New ‘Serial Killer Cells’ Cure Cancer?
Gene therapy experts at the University of Pennsylvania have just engineered a breakthrough in cancer treatment that even some of the more reserved members of the science community are calling an “amazing, amazing kind of achievement.” They’ve created a type … Continue reading
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Great Apps For a Healthy Lifestyle
It seems everyday mobile applications are becoming a bigger part of our daily lives. Millions have downloaded ones like Angry Birds and the music finder Shazam. One type of app growing in popularity is the health and exercise app. Here … Continue reading
20 Strange and Mysterious Medical Syndromes
Doctors have come across some baffling day-to-day ailments, but few conditions are as strange as these 20 disorders, which range from biological to psychological to cultural in nature. Foreign Accent Syndrome Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a speech disorder that … Continue reading
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Historic Deadly Plagues and How They Would Be Treated Today
History is full of catastrophes, and a plague is without doubt one of the deadliest. Modern medicine provides relief from some of them these days, but in past centuries humans have been at the mercy of all kinds of bacteria, … Continue reading
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20 Outrageous Brainwashing Cigarette Ads
Today, it’s common knowledge that cigarettes are bad for your health, but as these vintage ads show, it used to be common for tobacco ads to resort to manipulation, half-truths, peer pressure and other tactics to brainwash people into believing … Continue reading
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10 Crazy Medical Inventions That (Thankfully) Never Caught On
Every year, modern medical science creates devices that advance the fight against human illness, frailty and mortality, increasing both our quality and quantity of life. These are not those devices. Rather, these 10 items represent a range of medical quackery, … Continue reading
