Monday, October 31, 2005

Health

Surgeons give teenager a new chin

6 Medical Myths for the Holiday Season

5 Dangerous Drug Combinations You Need to Avoid

The Shocking History of Human Medical Experimentation in the United States

Patients to rate and review their GPs on NHS website

I tripped and fell ... honest


Kidney stone size of a coconut removed


30 Fascinating Cigarette Smoking Facts

Top 10 Signs Of Evolution In Modern Man

Girl laughs non-stop for 12 years

Fattest Cities in America

Two medical staffers in England have been arrested for reportedly deciding that the life of a disabled man was not worth saving after he had a heart attack

Eyes reveal health secrets of the brain

The boy who can't eat a single crumb

10 Worst Plagues In History


Doctors to operate on baby with conjoined twin protruding from buttocks


FORMER fatty David Smith has gone from chunk to hunk - after losing a whopping 29 stone and having more than 30lbs of excess skin removed

Photos: Outrageous Injuries

Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About the Human Brain

Plastic Surgery Gone WTF Part 2: Another Sequel Without Katie Holmes

Slide show: How your brain works

Mystery of Sleepless Boy Solved

5 Things You Didn't Know: Human Hair

First Gene Discovered For Most Common Form Of Epilepsy

Cancer-stricken Patrick Swayze 'stops treatment after doctors say there is little they can do'

The 18th century guide to amputations, operations and other medical tips

Student on a Caribbean holiday dies from leukaemia she didn't know she had

The Canadian Medical Association Journal's archive of humorous medical articles

The Germ-Phobic Mommies

History's Youngest Mother

9 Strange but True Medical Practices

10 Surgeries Gone Bad

Study links TV and depression

25 Amazing Facts About Your Brain

Man loses 73 kilograms in six months thanks to onion and garlic diet

Ghostly faces and visions of 'little people': The eye disorder that leaves thousands of Britons fearing they've lost their senses

Flu Mystery Solved: Why It Flourishes in Winter

Girl, 8, with phobia of dentists refused to open her mouth after traumatic visit - and starved to death

Indian woman has football-sized tumour removed from jaw

Drugs Are Found to Block HIV In Monkeys

Two women suffer organ failure after cosmetic bottom injections to make them look like J.Lo

In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain

In Soviet Russia, Lake Contaminates You

Up close and personal with Uncle Chuck's gaping facial cavity. Fascinating and pretty uniquely disturbing

17 Interesting Facts About Doctors & Patients

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Obesity

I'm 80% Girl, 20% Boy

An illustrated history of trepanation (Extended version)

Diabetes aspirin use questioned

Man collapses right outside hospital - but is told to wait for an ambulance... that takes 15 minutes

Spanish Baby Engineered To Cure Brother

Strong new class of antibiotics possible

Rotting fish woman diagnosed with genetic condition

Speed of eating 'key to obesity'

Scientists may soon be able to erase fear and trauma from your mind

Man paralyzed after flu shot warns of risks

The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure

Got unhappy STD news? Break it with an e-card

A small dose of sunshine could help men with fertility problems

British scientists breed purple tomatoes to fight cancer

Man dies in government cancer drug trial

Scarless Surgery Uses Body's Own Openings

The poisoning of China's babies

How a $2 toy ball saved a little girl's life

12 Very Common And Very Wrong Myths About The Human Brain

History of Alzheimer's Disease

Surgical Instruments from Ancient Rome

Tests start on pill that could lengthen millions of lives

50 ways to instantly kick up your energy level to an all-time high

Tests for drugs in tap water

So just how healthy are you? It's all written in your hands

Man receives new leg after drink at his local pub

Even Viruses Catch Viruses

15 Diabetes-Friendly Snack Tips

Needle-Free Injection Invented

The 10 Most Insane Medical Practices in History

Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies

Not a Cough in a Carload: Images from the Tobacco Industry Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking

Man Guide To Hernias

Flickr: Radiographs. Check out the exploded hand oh and one of them could be considered NSFW.

An interview with the paraplegic man sentenced to 25 years in prison for treating his own pain.

Doctors untangle the strange case of the giant hairball

Girl to have arm taken off back

Shock for 5ft-tall mother who gave birth to a 14lb 8oz baby boy

3rd-Grader Saves Friend With Heimlich, Credits Cartoon

Famous People and Schizophrenia

Disease Cards

Shocking anorexia pictures

Call to scrap the term 'asthma'

Doctor felt babies were suffering

Medical Anomalies Photoshop Contest

The Angry Pharmacist

Hospital bloopers

Famous People with Bipolar Disorder

Top 10 Weird Anomalies in Medicine

Disfiguring skin disease plagues Afghanistan | Reuters

A table of worldwide ages of consent, including US states. So that's why the Phillipines is so popular with perverts.

Back Pain? Avoid These Three Exercises

Top 42 Exercise Hacks

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Why should we have eight hours' sleep?

YouTube - Classic Animated Alka Seltzer Commercial

Deafness in Disguise: Concealed Hearing Devices of the 19th and 20th Centuries

American Surgical Antiques and Civil War Amputation Sets


First X-ray (1896)
First X-ray (1896)


YouTube - Removing the bot fly larva. EEK!

The sunshine superstar: study reveals Vitamin D as 'wonder vitamin'

Your Brain. What happens in the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s disease? This tour explains how the brain works and how Alzheimer's affects it.

From the BBC, diagrams of the human organs, muscular structure, skeleton, and nervous system.

Newly-born Chinese Baby Looks Like Alien. Actually it's Treacher Collins Syndrome. Reflections on Treacher Collins Syndrome.

Blood groups 'can be converted'

Obese Aussies get big ambulances

Boy who recovered from 'internal decapitation'

BBC NEWS | Health | Dirt exposure 'boosts happiness'

YouTube - Extraordinary Breastfeeding. I'd heard of 3 or 4 years olds still breastfeeding but never an 8 year old!

How Fat Is Your Country?

Nurse, the maggots. Maggots clean wounds 18 times faster than normal treatments, can conquer MRSA and would save the NHS millions.

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Skin

How to cure a sore throat almost instantly. Sounds interesting.

Body Clock Disruption Brings on Manic Behavior

Top 10 Mysteries of the Mind

Advice for all ages: Don't skip the dentist

Five common exercises you should never do

Brainscans of 28-year-old identical twins. One has schizophrenia, the other does not

Blue Cross of California Hates Pregnant Women and Sick People - Consumerist

Moms' 6 biggest sleep mistakes, and how to fix them

22 Ways to Reduce Eye Strain at Your Computer

Debate Over Children and Psychiatric Drugs - New York Times

First-Aid Guide. Lots of handy info.

How one woman got hooked on happy pills. Kirsty Morrison was on one of the Tube trains hit by terrorist bombs on 7 July 2005. Tormented by flashbacks, she was prescribed antidepressants - and that's when her problems really began.


Kyushu Medical Books


Six blind people regain partial sight thanks to 'Bionic eye' implant

BBC NEWS - Viagra used to save baby's life

Toxic Houseplants

Healthline Connects: How Understanding these 50 Medical Symptoms Can Keep You Healthier

Science Finding Ways to Regrow Human Fingers

Modern Mechanix - Man Makes Own False Teeth of Stainless Steel

99 Ways To Keep Your Heart Pumping at Ririan Project

Always Question Your Doctor - Three Stories Why

YouTube - Fungus Eats Man's Face

Polk Woman Known for Obesity Struggle Dies

Brain Atlas


EEK!
Man survives after half of his body was severed in an accident


Japanese Medical Prints

What is Alice in Wonderland syndrome?

Medical Madness: Practices of the Victorian Era

40 amazing facts about sleep

What Causes Hiccups?

7 Pains You Should Never Ignore

micah.marshall's Injured foot slideshow on Flickr. Disturbing images warning.

Cotard delusion - Wikipedia

Why Do We Have an Adam's Apple? Yes that is we.

Woman So Fat .... She never knew She Was Pregnant


Liver cells grown from cord blood


10 Useless or Even Dangerous First Aid Myths

YouTube - Smiling Addiction. A short film about the pursuit of happiness and self medication. QT version and MP3 here.

11 Ways To Sleep Better


Surgeons Temporarily Attach Limb to Crotch


UK gets full face transplant go-ahead

How Sleep Works




What Happens to your Body if you Stop Smoking Right Now?

Supernumerary body part. Having an extra body part, be it as simple as an eleventh finger or as extreme as a second head!

Global disease alert mapping system

Self-Portraits Chronicle a Descent Into Alzheimer’s


What Schizophrenia Does. A 20th-century artist, Louis Wain, who was fascinated by cats, painted these pictures over a period of time in which he developed schizophrenia. The pictures mark progressive stages in the illness and exemplify what it does to the victim's perception.


Do You Know What Lives In Your Eyelashes?

Restless Legs Syndrome

That Strange Falling Sensation. Do you ever wake up suddenly to a falling sensation and a strong muscle twitch just after you have fallen asleep?

The Seventh Sense. From childhood, we are taught that the human body has five senses. However, ask a neurologist how many senses the human body has, and you might get a surprising answer.

Photic sneeze reflex - Wikipedia. People, like me, who sneeze when suddenly exposed to bright light.

Test your hearing with mp3 samples

Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body. Features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.

Anatomia Collection. This collection features approximately 4500 full page plates and other significant illustrations of human anatomy.

Drugs companies 'inventing diseases to boost their profits'

Dermatology Pictures / Skin Disease Pictures

Brown Recluse Spider Bite Photos

Strange name for sanitary towel

Skin patch hope for Parkinson's

Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body

Algae offer hope to people born with inherited blindness

How do things look to colorblind people?

The Alien - a photoset on Flickr. A photolog of brain tumor removal. Beware, disturbing images.

Ten Lies About Health Your Doctor Taught You

Dental Fear Central

Plastic Surgery Addiction

New Pain Reliever Proves More Potent, Less Addictive

Green tea extract is cancer aid

Didgeridoo helps stop snoring

Evidence Links Cocaine Abuse And Parkinson's Disease

New antidepressant drug increases 'brain's own cannabis'

Molecule may offer Down's hope

Scientists discover how cancer spreads


EEK!
Kidney Stone Photographs


Shots without needles

2 Weeks to a Better Memory

Geek Parents Using Cooling Technology Instead of Medicine to Lower Fevers

Girls fart more than guys and other gross facts.


Great images
Historical Anatomies on the Web


TeenHealthFX - Is It Wrong To Eat Pooh?

My Vasectomy in pictures NSFW

Charity Hospital New Orleans: Record of Patients

18 Tricks to Teach Your Body

11 steps to a better brain

MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine

146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health. 20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism?????

Psychedelic medicine: Mind bending, health giving

Health calculators. Go on.. frighten yourself.


EEK!
Yoga Gallery


Test your Hearing

Flesh Eating Bacteria News. Just so you know.

Forgotten Medical Cures

Your Digestive System and How It Works

Stirring Sound of Stress. Ever wake up five minutes before your alarm rings? This mysterious phenomenon isn't just bizarre coincidence. We are all equipped with our own internal alarm clocks and, best of all, they even have snooze buttons.

How to sit at a computer

The food you eat could change your genes

Ecstasy and Parkinson’s

Scientists show we’ve been losing face for 10,000 years

My Lobotomy: 45 years later, a man tries to learn why

Tools for coping with life's stressors

What's your body telling you?


Old Public Health VD Posters
Old Public Health VD Posters


Bipolar Disorder: the euphoric, the shocking and the hideous

Antique Dental Instruments

Wine Compound Attacks Alzheimer's Agent

Nightmares and Disorders of Dreaming. Interesting read.

Human Anatomy Online. Animations, hundreds of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links. Study the anatomy of the human body.

Medical Pictures / Disease Pictures

Edible vaccines to replace jabs

'Safe cigarette' claimed to cut cancer by 90%

Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe

The Secret Life of the Brain

How My Sister Treated Me When I Was Mentally Ill


Lice
The Lice Program. I feel sick!


The story of Polio told in comic book form

Celebrity Baby Plastic Surgery Becomes Latest Hollywood Trend. Speechless.

The Sights and Sounds of Schizophrenia


nortriptyline
The Japanese Gallery of Psychiatric Art. Images from Japanese psychiatric medication advertisements : 1956-2003.


Weird Diseases

Images from the History of Medicine

Thanatos.net Image Archive. Loads of great X-Rays.

before and after
FacialSurgery.com. Plastic surgery before and after pictures.



afraidtoask.com. Have you ever had a medical question that you were too embarrassed to ask a friend, family member, or even your doctor.

Schizophrenia.com. Welcome to Schizophrenia.com, a non-profit web community providing in-depth information, support and education related to schizophrenia, a disease of the brain.

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