`A toxic chemical used to make rocket fuel was found in every sample taken in a new study of the milk of nursing mothers.
But Texas Tech researchers said it’s too early to know whether the perchlorate levels are dangerous. [..]
The review found that every sample of breast milk contained perchlorate, and only one sample of dairy milk contained no detectable levels. The concentration of the chemical in the breast milk samples was on average five times those detected in dairy milk pulled from grocery stores.’
`The family of a woman who died after being moved out of a trauma room to accommodate the ailing Michael Jackson plans to sue both the hospital and the star.
Manuela Gomez Ruiz, 74, was transferred out of the main trauma room at the Marian Medical Centre in Santa Maria, California, when Jackson was rushed in suffering from “flu-like symptoms” last week.
Her family claims she was taken off a machine ventilator and her breathing was instead assisted manually by a handpump.’
`The active ingredient in marijuana may stall decline from Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests.
Scientists showed a synthetic version of the compound may reduce inflammation associated with Alzheimer’s and thus help to prevent mental decline.
They hope the cannabinoid may be used to developed new drug therapies.’
`An outbreak of what tests suggest is pneumonic plague has spread to a second town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a medical charity. [..]
Thousands have fled the remote diamond mining town of Zobia since the disease first emerged at the end of last year.
At least 60 people have died so far. The plague affects victims lungs and is fatal if left untreated.’
`Churchgoing may be good for the soul but it could also be dangerous for the lungs, according to a study in the specialist European Respiratory Journal. [..]
[Researchers] were astonished to find that, after the usual nine hours of candle-burning, church air had between 600-1000 microgrammes of fine particulate matter per cubic metre.
This is 20 times the European Union (EU) limits for average concentrations of indoor air, as measured over 24 hours.’
‘A Romanian surgeon has been suspended after allegedly cutting a patient’s penis into several pieces.
He was supposed to be operating on the man to lower a testicle into his scrotum when he accidentally cut the urinary channel.
It’s reported the surgeon then lost his temper and cut the man’s penis into several pieces.’
Italics are mine. Never piss off a surgeon, I s’pose. 🙂
`He believes the carp is able to carry on normal cardiac pumping without oxygen by ridding itself of lactic acid – the stuff that produces a burning sensation in human muscles after exercise – by converting it to ethanol, an alcohol, which is much less harmful.
A regular heartbeat may ensure that ethanol is circulated to the gills, where it is excreted to the surrounding water. “Otherwise you’d have an intoxicated fish,” he said. ‘
`Most devotees drink the midstream of their morning urine. Some prefer it straight and steaming hot; others mix it with juice or serve it over fruit. Some prefer a couple of urine drops mixed with a tablespoon of water applied sublingually several times a day. Some wash themselves in their own golden fluid to improve their skin quality.’
`The World Health Organization said yesterday it was “suspecting human-to-human transmission” of bird flu had occurred in northern Thailand, marking what could be the first such transmission of the lethal virus. [..]
The WHO fears H5N1 could mutate into a highly contagious form that triggers a global human flu pandemic.
When asked if a confirmed viral leap between humans in the Thai cases would mark the first step in such a feared mutation, Rai said “I think so.”‘
Video reconstruction of MRI and CT slices of the human body.
`A man who once weighed more than half a ton has lost 321 pounds under the care of a team of doctors and hopes to lose 450 pounds more.’
with picture.
‘Doctors at a Romanian hospital want police to help them find a man who fled after being told he’d have to have his penis cut off.
Staff at the hospital in Pitesti in the south of the country say gangrene had set in.’
`A man with the habit of inserting odd objects into his rectum was admitted to the emergency room of National Taiwan University Hospital yesterday.
[..] the man’s habit is by no means an unusual one. Other objects retrieved from anuses include flower vases, glass bottles, vibrators and table legs. The largest object ever removed was a bowling pin.’
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‘There are many people with psychiatric illness, a few have artistic ability. There are many artists; a few have mental illness.
The works [..] are primarily selected because of the depth of emotional disturbance shown.
Psychiatric art can be regarded as the skillful expression of pathological emotional disturbance.’
`Calling himself the biggest fat sucker in Texas, an Austin plastic surgeon performed liposuction on himself in full view of television and newspaper cameras to promote the potential use of stem cells that can be harvested in such an operation.’
