Odd News: Website Offers Fake Doctor Notes Feeling like playing hooky, but nervous about getting caught? The Excused Absence Network has got your back. For about $25, students and employees can buy excuse notes that appear to come from doctors or hospitals.
Sports: Try swimming like this Henry Kuprashvili, a doctor of political science at the University of Tbilisi has assembled and trained a group of young swimmers in what is locally called the 'Kolkhuri' style. The style was used in military training.
Media: Man survives record tumour surgery A Chinese man recovers from surgery that removed part of his facial tumours. A Chinese man says he is relieved after part of his facial tumours, which weighed about 23 kg or around 50 pounds, was removed. Yet doctors say the surgery has caused him to lose his balance.
Media: Michael Moore Openly Lies about Sicko on National TV Funny how when people with actual knowledge on things pull peoples cards and they lose it on national tv. Talk about filibustering. He still believes Fahrenheit 9/11 was accurate? Has he seen the popular mechanics article from real scientists? What about the lies about the UK people seeing doctors i...
Hosted Videos: Girl to Undergo Surgery to Fix Backwards Feet 15-year-old Jingle Luis has Spinal Bifida which caused her to develop a severe foot deformity. On Wednesday, doctors at Montefiore Medical Center will insert scaffolding into her feet that will slowly curve them straight.
Odd News: Eight-limbed girl's rare operation Indian doctors are operating on a two-year-old girl who was born with eight limbs in southern Bangalore. Laxmi was born to a poor family in a village in Araria district in India's eastern Bihar city. The illiterate villagers first considered her as an incarnation of Hindu Goddess Laxmi but aft...
Media: Microwave Popcorn Fumes Could Damage Lungs Consumers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to federal regulators from a doctor at a leading lung research hospital, Shaun Boyd reports.
Media: New procedure for the brain-damaged A promising new medical procedure may give new hope to people who have suffered severe brain trauma. In the procedure, called Deep Brain Stimulation, doctors implant a pacemaker attached to electrodes that stimulate targeted areas deep in the brain.
