[photo] Geographic tongue

A 61-year-old man was referred for treatment of painless white lesions on his tongue that had appeared 1 month earlier. He had been treated with topical and systemic antifungal drugs for presumed oral candidiasis, but the lesions remained unchanged. The patient reported that a similar episode 1 year earlier had resolved spontaneously. Lingual examination revealed multiple erythematous patches with an annular, well-demarcated white border. A diagnosis of geographic tongue was made. Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis) is a benign inflammatory condition that affects approximately 2% of the world’s population. The classic manifestation is a maplike distribution of erythema caused by atrophy of the filiform papillae of the tongue, surrounded by a white hyperkeratotic rim. The lesions typically resolve spontaneously without sequelae but can develop quickly in other areas of the tongue.

Geographic tongue

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Self-warming baby bottle saves time and aggravation

The Yoomi baby bottle (sells in the UK for $35) heats to the temperature of breast milk with just the touch of a button.  The milk is ready to use in 60 seconds after heating to around 32-34 degrees celsius.

The device was born out of desperation after the birth of the inventor’s  eldest boy Danial.  Their experiences of stumbling around the kitchen in the early hours heating milk in the microwave or begging waiters for hot water when out to warm the bottle in, mirror those of millions of other couples.

The gadget that makes a difference is the sealed warmer unit that sits inside the bottle and beneath the teat.  Pressing a button on the side of the unit triggers heating of a solution contained within the warmer.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1230382/The-baby-bottle-heats-60-seconds.html#ixzz0Xyi7lZMp

Woman’s own stem cells produce new body part

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A young mother has become the first in the world to get a new part of her body made from her own stem cells.  The woman in Spain received a new windpipe — grown in a lab.  British doctors who were involved in the revolutionary transplant say it heralds a new era in medicine…Health Correspondent Thomas Moore explains.

 

 

 

 

 

Funny questions asked in a courtroom

…These questions will either break the ice, get a laugh, or completely confuse the witness…

“Just how old were you really on your twenty-fifth birthday?”
“Can you see without your glasses or your teeth?”
“What was the defendant doing while you were in the bathroom?”
“Do you still feel you are brain damaged?”
“Where did you live in town after you moved away?”
“What don’t you know about the accident and when did you find out?”
“Just when did you realize you hadn’t been killed in the accident?”
“You’re just saying that to confuse me, or is that your normal way of talking?”
“Did you look at the defendant when you saw him?”
“Can you describe what you didn’t see?”
“Was that when you were in a coma or had you already left the hospital?”
“Are you qualified to be an expert or is there somebody else more qualified to make that conclusion?”
“I think we all know who will be the judge of that, right Judge?”
“Could you repeat that again for those who heard it the first time?”
“I see you have clothes on today.”
“What do you mean exactly by that particular phrase you elucidated?”
“Could you be more specific than “I don’t remember?”
“And what time was it by the watch you weren’t wearing?”
“Do you have a first name, John?”
“Do you consider yourself to be an honest or a dishonest person when you promise to tell the truth?”
“Have you ever lied to anyone before today?”
“Have you ever driven drunk before the accident?”
“And how many teeth would you estimate you have?”
“Are you able to touch your nose and walk a straight line better today than you were on the date of the accident?”
“Can you estimate how many wives you have?”
“Do you consider yourself to be as honest as the Judge in this courtroom?”
“Have you been practicing what you would say today?”
“And exactly when did you come up with a conclusion that would make sense?”
“We’ve never met before today, except for that time in Vegas, have we?”
“Have you ever been to Vegas?”
“Does your wife know about that trip?”
“What caused you to be a child when you were that age?”
“Did you eventually become an adult?”
“Do you know what questions I’m going to be asking you to give me answers to or are you just guessing?”
“You seem confusing. Are you speaking too fast or would you like me to slow down?”

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Woman who faked breast cancer is charged with theft by deception

WACO, Texas * Authorities say a Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit on having her breasts enlarged.

McLennan County sheriff’s investigator James Pack says in court records that 24-year-old Trista Joy Lathern shaved her head to look like a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy.

Pack says Lathern wanted breast implants to try and save her seven-month marriage.

The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Lathern is charged with theft by deception.

The Associated Press

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[video] A swinging heart

I’m sure someone reading this understands the following explanation…

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A 39-year-old woman with a 1-year history of Stage IV melanoma presented with progressive shortness of breath, fatigue, and edema in the legs, which had developed over the course of the previous week. At the time of the melanoma diagnosis, a mediastinal and right supraclavicular mass had been seen without identification of a primary tumor. The patient had been treated with five cycles of biochemotherapy and then with antibodies against cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4. Subsequently, the superior vena cava syndrome and tracheal compression had developed, which had required stenting. The patient had then received radiation therapy. Integrated positron-emission tomography and computed tomography continued to show active and spreading disease. The physical examination revealed hypotension, tachycardia, jugular venous distention, pulsus paradoxus, and distant heart sounds. The blood pressure was 82/64 mm Hg, and the heart rate was 110 beats per minute. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large pericardial effusion with swinging of the heart (see video) and collapse of the right atrium (RA) and left atrium (LA) in end diastole (Panel A, arrows) and diastolic collapse of the right ventricle (RV) (Panel B, arrows), which was consistent with pericardial tamponade. Pericardiocentesis yielded 1.6 liters of bloody fluid; the fluid was subsequently shown to be a malignant effusion. Swinging of the heart that is due to a large pericardial effusion is responsible for the beat-to-beat shift in the axis, amplitude, and morphology of the QRS interval (electrical alternans) on electrocardiography. In this patient, the condition resulted in a “pseudo” 2:1 atrioventricular-block pattern, with an absent QRS interval after every other P wave (Panel A, arrowheads), despite ventricular contraction on echocardiography. Follow-up echocardiography over the next 2 days showed no reaccumulation of effusion. Paclitaxel was administered, but the patient died within 2 months after the initiation of therapy.

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[video] Instructional: Indian head massage

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This video instruction of how to give an Indian head massage looks sssssoooo relaxing!

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-do-an-indian-head-massage

* You will find video tutorials for face, neck, and foot massages, too!

[news] Baby falls under Melbourne train and survives

Wow–what a story.  A baby fell on to a train track in Melbourne, Australia and survived with a scratch on its head!  The engineer is being treated for shock.

See the gut-wrenching video here as broadcast by CNN!

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Six things patients do that frustrate their doctors [health]

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I’m guilty of #3, 4, 5, & 6 (yikes).  After reading this article, I’m sure my doctor needs a few tranquilizers after I leave his office just to cope

“Patients are full of complaints about their doctors, but many doctors feel the same way about some of their patients. In fact, results from a 1999 survey of doctors show that physicians find up to 15 percent of their patient visits “difficult.” So what are patients doing that make these visits so hard? A health reporter has compiled this list of 6 things patients do that frustrate their doctors. The list includes patients bringing meddling family members to appointments, stopping medications without consulting the doctor, and requesting prescriptions or medical tests that doctors haven’t recommended.”

1. Meddling families in the room
2. Keeping mum about the herbs
3. Quitting medication without notice
4. Change my lifestyle? Must be a pill for that
5. Hi there. So, I need a prescription for…
6. I’ll take a CT scan, MRI, a strep test, please

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Chinese/Japanese drinking habits may prevent cancer; info re heart attacks [photos]

Source: edited from a forwarded email:
The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water.

For those who like to drink cold water, this is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this ’sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

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Common Symptoms Of Heart Attack…
A serious note about heart attacks. You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting . Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw. or even the chest which can mimic indigestion, can wake you from a sound sleep. Keep an antacid and a 325 mg aspirin at your bedside; swallow or chew the antacid, and chew the aspirin and let some of it disolve under your tongue for fast access to your blood stream.

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Do you experience pain while wearing high heels? [photo]

This picture may help answer that question–ouch!

Xray of someone wearing a high heel shoe

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Up close and personal [photos]

“Here you’ll experience the power of SEM in a journey of self-discovery that starts in your head, travels down through the chest and ends in the bowels of the abdomen. Along the way, you’ll see what’s normal, what happens when cells are twisted by cancer and what it looks like when an egg meets sperm for the first time.”

You will find 15 microscopic images of the following:

1. Red blood cells
2. Split end of a human hair
3. Purkinje neurons
4. Hair cell in the ear
5. Blood vessels emerging from the optic nerve
6. Tongue with taste bud
7. Tooth plaque
8. Blood clot
9. Alveoli in the lung
10. Lung cancer cell
11. Villi of small intestine
12. Human egg with coronal cells
13. Sperm on the surface of a human egg
14. Human embryo and sperm
15. Colored image of a 6-day old human embryo implanting

Lung cancer cells

Split end of human hair

Tooth plaque

Really interesting site!

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Advice from someone who’s never swallowed a pill [health]

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David H. Murdock, Chairman and Owner of Dole Food Company, has never allowed a pill–not even asprin–enter his mouth.  His fish-vegetarian diet incorporates over 30 fruits/vegetables each week.  A table of 33 of the healthiest foods is on the site.

Read more…

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White tongue [photo]

White tongue - NEJM

“A 55-year-old male nonsmoker with multiple myeloma refractory to chemotherapy was admitted to the hospital for autologous stem-cell transplantation. Palifermin was to be administered before and after the transplantation. On completion of the 3-day infusion of palifermin before transplantation, an asymptomatic, white, adherent plaque developed, coating the tongue. Culture revealed normal oral flora, without candida. Oral mucositis did not develop, and the white plaque faded, without treatment, over a 1-week period and did not recur during the post-transplantation administration of palifermin. The patient was discharged 2 weeks after the successful transplantation. Palifermin, a recombinant keratinocyte growth factor, is used for the prevention of oral mucosal injury induced by cytotoxic therapy in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Palifermin stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of epithelial cells. The white tongue is commonly observed in patients treated with palifermin and most likely reflects transient, protective mucosal thickening.“

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How to give a deep-stress relief back massage [photos/video]

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This deep-stress relief back massage tutorial looks so relaxing!  The how-to video is at the bottom of the page.

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CRAZY inventions: hangover bonnets, stainless steel dentures, perfume for rejected women

Max Factor developed this bonnet for actresses wanting to refresh their faces without spoiling their makeup.

This gentleman made his own set of stainless steel dentures!

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This “guaranteed” perfume advertisement is for women who feel rejected.  If it didn’t work, the consumer got their money back.  Do you think there were any returns?  I’d sure like to know the ingredients in “Secret Voice” and if they sell it today!

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Nutrition labels should replace grams with “sugar cubes” [photo]

Would you eat 16 sugar cubes?  Probably not.  But that’s how much you’re consuming when you drink a bottle Coke.  A label reads “39 grams of sugar” in your soda but what does that much sugar look like?

“We’ve used regular sugar cubes (4 grams of sugar each) to show how the sugars in your favorite foods literally stack up, gram for gram.  Compare foods, find out where sugar is hiding, and see how much of the sweet stuff you’re really eating.“

You’ll find sugar content of foods in these categories:

• Beverages
• Breakfast foods
• Candy
• Cookies
• Deserts
• Fruits
• Sauces
• Shakes & Smoothies
• Snacks
• Vegetables

Definitely check out this informative website!

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God’s pharmacy

In the beginning, God created herbs and such before He made man so that ‘Adam’ [humanity] would be provided for and live a healthy life.  Adam lived 930 years!  Now…

For today’s lesson, look at these facts.

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye… And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the researches shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female – they look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

Oranges , Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like the body’s cells. Today’s research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

Man cheats on his wife while sleepwalking!

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This is one for the books–or the movies–I’ll tell you!

A doctor prescribes antidepressants and Ambien for a man who is stressed out.  He confuses the vials and takes two Ambien.  He gets a call from ‘lover’ who wants to know when he’s coming back.  He tells his doctor who says that Ambien can cause amnesia and that some people have reported walking, driving, and cooking in their sleep.

Read the full story here: Source

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(3) Unique ways of visualizing stress–including my own [video]

I recently read about a way of reducing stress when you have a million problems on your mind–I call it the “Banking your problems away” technique.

Here’s a screenshot of the process.

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Here’s another way of looking at stress:

Source: see the Life is a coffee link below.

Now I offer my own:

When I am dealing with too many problems, I visualize an F5 tornado going through my home (mind) and tossing the debris (problems) into another field/city/planet!  Hence, giving me room to think.

Here’s a good visual representation of what I see in my mind…

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What are your stress-relieving techniques?

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Man inhales seed–grows fir tree in his lungs [news/photo]

Do you remember the TV show Fact or Fiction (I think that was the name of it)?  Well I think this story should have been included in it.

Artyom Sidorkin was complaining of strong chest pains along with coughing up blood.  Doctors found a tumor in one of his lungs and took a biopsy to see if it was cancerous.  They were amazed to find a 5-cm fir tree!  The needles were poking the capillaries.  Physicians suggested the bud was inhaled, which started to grow in his body.

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A more realistic alphabet [humor]

The Alphabet:

A’s for arthritis,

B’s the bad back,

C’s the chest pains–perhaps cardiac.

D is for dental decay and decline,

E is for eyesight; I can’t read that top line!

F is for fissures and fluid retention,

G is for gas which I’d rather not mention.

H is high blood pressure–I’d rather it low;

I is for incisions with scars you can show.

J is for joints, out of socket, won’t mend,

K is for knees that crack when they bend.

L is for libido, what happened to sex?

M is for memory; I forget what comes next.

N is for neuralgia, in nerves way down low;

O is for osteo, bones that don’t frow!

P is for prescriptions, I have quite a few; just give me a pill and I’ll be good as new!

Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?

R is for reflux–one meal turns to two.

S is for sleepless nights, counting my fears,

T is for Tinnitus’ bells in my ears!

U is for urinary; troubles with flow,

V is for vertigo, that’s “dizzy” you know.

W is for worry, NOW what’s going ’round?

X is for xray, and what might be found.

Y for another year I’m left here behind,

Z is for zest I still have–in my mind.

Ive survived all the symptoms, my body’s deployed,

and I’m keeping twenty-six doctors fully employed!!!

Health interactive tutorials [videos]

The interactive tutorials listed below are health education resources from the Patient Education Institute. Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial.

• Diseases and Conditions
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  • Acne
  • Allergies to Dust Mites
  • Alopecia
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Angina
  • Anthrax
  • Arrhythmias
  • Arthritis
  • Asthma
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
  • Back Pain – How to Prevent
  • Bell’s Palsy
  • Brain Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Burns
  • Cataracts
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cold Sores (Herpes)
  • Colon Cancer
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Depression
  • Diabetes – Eye Complications
  • Diabetes – Foot Care
  • Diabetes – Introduction
  • Diabetes – Meal Planning
  • Diverticulosis
  • Endometriosis
  • Epstein-Barr Virus (Mononucleosis)
  • Erectile Dysfunction
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Flashes and Floaters
  • Fractures and Sprains
  • Ganglion Cysts
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
  • Glaucoma
  • Gout
  • Hearing Loss
  • Heart Attack
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Incisional Hernia
  • Influenza
  • Inguinal Hernia
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Kidney Failure
  • Kidney Stones
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Leukemia
  • Low Testosterone
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lupus
  • Lyme Disease
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Malaria
  • Melanoma
  • Meningitis
  • Menopause
  • Migraine Headache
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Otitis Media
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Ovarian Cysts
  • Pancreatitis
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Pneumonia
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Prostate Cancer – What Is It?
  • Psoriasis
  • Retinal Tear and Detachment
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Rotator Cuff Injuries
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Scabies
  • Seizures and Epilepsy
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Shingles
  • Skin Cancer
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Smallpox
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Strokes
  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ)
  • Tennis Elbow
  • Tinnitus
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Tuberculosis
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Umbilical Hernia
  • Uterine Fibroids
  • Varicose Veins
  • Vasculitis
  • Warts
• Tests and Diagnostic Procedures
  • Amniocentesis
  • Barium Enema
  • Bone Densitometry
  • Breast Lumps – Biopsy
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Colposcopy
  • Coronary Angiography and Possible Angioplasty
  • CT Scan (CAT Scan)
  • Cystoscopy – Men
  • Cystoscopy – Women
  • Echocardiogram
  • Echocardiography Stress Test
  • IVP (Intra Venous Pyelogram)
  • Knee Arthroscopy
  • Laparoscopy – Diagnostic
  • Mammogram
  • MRI
  • Myelogram
  • Newborn Screening
  • Pap Smear
  • Shoulder Arthroscopy
  • Sigmoidoscopy
  • Ultrasound
  • Upper GI Endoscopy
• Surgery and Treatment Procedures
  • Aorto-Bifemoral Bypass
  • C-Section
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery
  • Chemotherapy
  • Cholecystectomy – Open and Laparoscopic (Gallbladder Removal Surgery)
  • Clinical Trials
  • Colon Cancer Surgery
  • Colostomy
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
  • Dilation and Curettage (D & C)
  • Epidural Anesthesia
  • General Anesthesia
  • Heart Valve Replacement
  • Hemorrhoid Surgery
  • Hip Replacement
  • Hip Replacement – Physical Therapy
  • Hysterectomy
  • Knee Replacement
  • LASIK
  • Massage Therapy
  • Neurosurgery – What Is It?
  • Open Heart Surgery – What to Expect
  • Pacemakers
  • Preparing for Surgery
  • Prostate Cancer – Radiation Therapy
  • Shoulder Replacement
  • Sinus Surgery
  • Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Thyroid Surgery
  • Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
  • TURP (Prostate Surgery)
  • Vaginal Birth
  • Vasectomy
• Prevention and Wellness
  • Back Exercises
  • Coumadin – Introduction
  • Exercising for a Healthy Life
  • Managing Cholesterol
  • Managing Stress
  • Muscles
  • Smoking – The Facts

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Back pain videos

I suffer from severe back pain and was searching for symptoms of herniated disks.  That’s when I came across this informative site.  It shows videos of various back conditions and explains the symptoms.

Here is the one I found for herniated disks [Link]

Here is their home page [Link]

Here is another interactive video related to back pain [Link]

If you suffer with motion-sickness, do not take this test! [photos]

Look at the following pictures.  Are they moving or are they still?

The pictures are used to test the level of stress a person can handle.   Just move your eyes around the images.  The slower the pictures move, the better your ability of handling stress.  Allegedly, criminals who were tested, see them spinning around madly.  However, the elderly and children see them standing still.  None of these images are animated.

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Pubis Pediculosis [photos]

I came across this image from The New England Journal of Medicine.  That looks extremely uncomfortable!  I’m glad he found treatment for it.

A 22-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of severe pubic itch that was worst at night. He had had a new sexual partner 1 week before the onset of symptoms. There were no systemic illnesses, genital lesions, or pruritus outside the groin area. Numerous nits were visible to the naked eye, near the base of the hair shaft (Panel A, with close-up in Panel B). He received a diagnosis of pubic pediculosis. All the other hair-bearing skin, including the beard, armpits, mustache, and eyelashes, were examined for the presence of lice and nits, neither of which were seen. No other sexually transmitted diseases were diagnosed. Lindane (-benzene hexachloride) 1% ointment was applied once daily for 2 days. The patient was advised to use a fine-tooth comb to remove as many of the nits as possible and to wash all clothing and linens. The partner was not available for treatment. Two weeks after the treatment, the itching had resolved and the nits were gone.

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Rate your physician

I found a valuable website that allows you to rate your doctor.  At present, I am looking for a general practitioner.  The ratings and comments on RateMDs are definitely helping me decide which one to choose.

You can browse doctors by name, city, region, and specialty (GPs, Surgeons, Chiropractors, etc).  You rate them according to knowledge, waiting time, helpfulness, and more.

RateMDs

Trivia 2: Cigarettes, gold, snowflakes, and more…

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Anatomy

• Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
• By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
• The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
• Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
• Our eyes remain the same size from birth but our noses and ears never stop growing.
• Everyone has a unique tongue print.
• Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
• Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
• If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Animals

• The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
• The largest ant colony in the world stretches from Spain, through Germany, all the way to Italy, mostly underground. Thanks to the hive mentality of ants, any two of them, even if taken from the opposite ends, would instantly recognize each other.
• A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
• A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. I know some people like that!
• If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
• The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
• Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
• Goldfish have an attention span of 3-5 seconds.
• Sheep in Scotland faint if you jump out at them.
• Mosquito repellents don’t repel–they hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito’s sensors so they don’t know you’re there.
• To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
• A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
• There are more chickens than people in the world.
• According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
• A snail can sleep for three years.
• All polar bears are left handed.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
• Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints.
• There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human.
• Octopus have three hearts.
• Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother’s womb.  The survivor is born.
• A blue whale’s tongue weighs more than an elephant.
• Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints.

Entertainment

• During the chariot scene in “Ben Hur,” a small red car can be seen in the distance.
• Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
• Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.
• The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA.”
• Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
• Elvis got a “C” in music in grade 8.
• Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
• Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

Food

• A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
• Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
• 40 percent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
• Chocolate kills dogs!  It affects a dog’s heart and nervous system.  A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
• The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.
• Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.

Language/Literature/Words

• There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
• The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
• The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.” There was never a recorded Wendy before.
• Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
• The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
• 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
• “Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends in “mt”.
• “I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
• “Bookkeeper” is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters.
• The sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every Letter in the English language.

Other

• Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
• The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
• The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles.  At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
• Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
• An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
• The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
• Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
• Drunk drivers can be sentenced to death by firing squad.
• The “number of the beast” (666) mentioned in Revelations was actually a mathematical representation of the name Caesar Nero.
• Two-thirds of the world’s lawyers practice in the United States.
• Dacryphilia is arousal from seeing tears in a partner’s eyes.
• Porphyrophobia is a morbid fear of the color purple.
• The initials YKK on your zipper stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.
• Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as medicine.
• Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.  It also took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.
• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
• Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
• Adolf Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
• The “pound” (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
• It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
• In Chinese, the KFC slogan “finger lickin’ good” comes out as “eat your fingers off”.
• We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
• Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines .
• Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.
• Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
• The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
• There are more telephones than people in Washington , D.C.
• The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
• The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette company died of lung cancer.
• Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
• The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
• The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
• When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.
• Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.
• The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu – a New Zealand hill.
• More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss.
• Coca-Cola was originally green.
• The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
• Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades: King David; Clubs: Alexander the Great; Hearts: Charlemagne; Diamonds: Julius Caesar.
• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
• If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.  If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.  If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
• American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
• The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
• Most lipstick contains fish scales.
• The Romans used licorice near their pillows to shoo away bad dreams.
• The largest recorded snowflake was 15 Inch wide and 8 Inch thick. It fell in Montana in 1887.
• Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency.
• 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
• A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
• If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
• The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!

Sources come from all over the internet.

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Listen to mosquito mate to the tune of “Feelings” [audio]

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Love is in the air–literally. When the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are looking for a mate, they create an overtone.  How did researchers figure this out?

First, the insects were anesthetized. “You make them a little bit chilly,” Hoy says, “then they don’t fly or walk around.” Next, he and his colleagues applied a small amount of superglue to the backs of the test mosquitoes, then affixed them to a tiny tether and suspended them in the air.

Once the mosquitoes began to beat their wings and produce their gender-specific flight tones, the scientists moved the insects close to each other.

The duet they produce (as you’ll hear in the audio) matches the pitch in the Morris Albert song “Feelings.”

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With help from the people who built the Canadarm for NASA’s space shuttles, Dr. Garnette Sutherland’s robotic system allows surgeons to control an operation inside the brain or other parts of the body from a computerized workstation.  It eliminates hand tremors and has force sensors that transmit a sense of touch to the surgeon so they can feel what’s going on.

Dr. Sutherland first “patient” was Kayla, a 6-year-old Shepard-cross dog, where he successfully removed a brain tumor on January 6, 1996.

Physician sued for making “lipo-diesel” from patients’ fat [news]

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Craig Alan Bittner apparently created “lipo-diesel” from his patient’s fat and used it to fuel his Ford SUV and his girlfriend’s Lincoln Navigator.

An attorney for three of the patients suing Bittner says his assistant and girlfriend removed more fat than necessary — presumably to use it for making the fuel — and that the patients were disfigured because of it. Neither his girlfriend nor the assistant had medical licenses.

Bittner’s practice, Beverly Hills Liposculpture, closed in November. It’s unclear when he started and stopped making his “lipo-diesel” or how he made it.

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