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Saturday, May 19, 2012

MeDUHcine and Health

American math skills have now not only fallen behind other nations, but behind other primates as well.

12/10/07 — 0 Comments

The good news is that the average cholesterol number for all Americans is now 199. The bad news is that 49 percent of us are still a heart attack waiting to happen.

12/13/07 — 0 Comments

The National Association of the Deaf is requesting a companion device enabling users to hear through their mouths.

12/18/07 — 0 Comments

Survival rates of uninsured cancer patients were found to be significantly lower, casting doubt on popular do-it-yourself chemotherapy regimens.

12/20/07 — 0 Comments

Which proves that you can fool all of the people 79 percent of the time if they aren’t very bright to begin with.

01/05/08 — 0 Comments

A story concerning the linkage between perfume and depression notes the following (exact quote):  “Mice are thought to be good models for how the human body and brain work.” This undoubtedly explains more than depression.

01/08/08 — 0 Comments

...and they almost certainly will lead to job loss if used at work.

01/08/08 — 0 Comments

A think tank in Silicon Valley questioned the results, suggesting that kids who feel unpopular are more likely to create an internet start-up company that sells for millions.

01/08/08 — 0 Comments

The warning reads, “Failure to use this product as directed may result in side effects that persist for twenty or more years.”

01/22/08 — 2 Comments

The results of the study suggest that some couples may live forever.

01/23/08 — 1 Comments

It certainly does for men.

02/06/08 — 0 Comments

A majority of women admit to purposely depressing their husbands in advance of Valentine’s day.

02/08/08 — 0 Comments

Everyone knows diet soda drinkers are fatter because diet soda is an excuse to upsize the french fries.

02/11/08 — 0 Comments

And we thought it was just the communities living in the FEMA trailers that were toxic.

02/17/08 — 0 Comments

Apparently, intensive training is needed to discern that red-faced, middle-aged men clutching their chests are not just reaching for a pencil.

02/21/08 — 0 Comments

The study’s spokesman said, “Incredibly, age and gender appear to have something to do with it.”

02/24/08 — 0 Comments

Believe it or not, this is the big finding of the study (exact quote):  “Students who take prescription drugs for non-medical reasons are at least five times more likely to meet the definition of having a drug abuse problem than students not misusing them.”

03/17/08 — 0 Comments

When told of the survey results, college men asked the researchers to reveal where they conducted the polling.

03/19/08 — 0 Comments

Some academics are criticizing the study because of the extremely small sample size.

03/23/08 — 1 Comments

It was a gallant try.  Exact quotes:  “LIHUE, Hawaii - A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn’t considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.  The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said a spokeswoman at the hospital. The man’s good intentions were further dashed when his relative was brought out to see the horse.  ‘That’s not my horse,’ the patient said to hospital staff.”

03/24/08 — 0 Comments

This study was published in the esteemed medical periodical “Journal of Findings That Surprise Absolutely Nobody.”

03/26/08 — 0 Comments

Early symptoms include the following:  “You mean I already ate lunch?  Wow.  Right.  I guess I did.”

03/26/08 — 0 Comments

However, this may be because all the unhappy people have already died.

04/19/08 — 0 Comments

The complication in question being the father getting yelled at for not providing an adequate supply of chocolate.

04/28/08 — 0 Comments

To encourage physicians to adopt the system, the device will also alert doctors to available tee times when the patient approaches an area golf course.

05/08/08 — 0 Comments
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