There are lots of myths that circulate the internet about semen. There are blogs, articles in men’s magazines, and just good ol’ fashioned gossip telling you how to change the taste or smell of your excretions. There is some truth to this, considering that what your body excretes is of course effected by what you […] More
Of all the bizarre, tabloid-style major news stories I’ve lived through, one of the most unforgettable is that of the story of Lorena and John Bobbit. If you were alive and capable of cognition during the 90’s, you probably just had visions of knives and genitals dance through your head — lucky you. The Bobbits […] More
Isn’t it funny how we can get used to things being a certain way, and never really question it, and then one day someone decides to make what could be perceived as a pretty minor change, and all of a sudden you wonder how you got along before? Well, Australian anesthetist Dr. Rob Hackett is one […] More
There is no known “cure” for HIV/AIDS, and as good as the following news is, that has to be reiterated. While some outlets have taken to using the term “cure,” the far more accurate term to use would be “remission.” That’s because what’s happening in three momentous cases — one in London, one in Berlin, […] More
In three states there are currently measles outbreaks that officials and medical professionals are working to get under control. That is, to put it lightly, pretty much a nightmare. Of course, it’s a mostly avoidable nightmare thanks to vaccines, but we live in 2019 and so thanks to the anti-vaxx movement, it’s a nightmare that’s […] More
There have been some pretty horrible news stories that detail parents fabricating illnesses for sympathy or attention, which is known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, and this syndrome leads to their children getting unnecessary and harmful procedures. So when we talk about fake diseases, you may have an immediate negative association. Or you may be […] More
Surprise, surprise. Yesterday, I wrote about the team of Israeli scientists who said they would have a cure for all cancers within a year. In the piece, I said: While they may have found a successful application for their new drug, this is nothing more than an advertisement for their product, likely with the goal […] More
Edit note: there is an update for this story. According to a report in the Jerusalem Post, a team of scientists working for Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd. in Israel believe that they will cure cancer within one year. Dan Aridor, who owns the company, said: Our cancer cure will be effective from day one, will last […] More
According to a new case study, a 33 year old man injected his own semen into his arm 18 times over the course of a year and a half as a treatment for chronic back pain. The case study was published in the Irish Medical Journal with the title “Semenly” Harmless Back Pain: An Unusual Presentation […] More
When one goes out to eat, there is hardly ever a chance for “sticker shock.” Being surprised by what you’re going to see on your bill at a restaurant is all but impossible because menus are almost always provided, and each menu will usually give you an itemized breakdown for what you can expect to […] More
Tuesday, The New England Journal of Medicine posted an image as part of their series on medical anomalies. They posted an enormous blood clot that came out of someone’s lungs. A 36-year-old man was admitted to the ICU with an acute exacerbation of chronic #heartfailure. After a ventricular assist device was placed & anticoagulation therapy initiated, hemoptysis […] More
I was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana. With a population of about 120,000 people, it’s a relatively big fish in a small pond. You have to drive two hours to get to a city that’s larger (Louisville, Kentucky), and you’re unlikely to see very many people on that barren stretch of I-64 that adjoins […] More
