threedaymonk + medicine 8
High Altitude Flatus Expulsion (HAFE)
november 2011 by threedaymonk
‘[…] leads us to postulate a mechanism whereby the victim is afflicted by the expansion of colonic gas at the decreased atmospheric pressure of high altitude.’ I’ve always wondered about whether this happens in aeroplanes.
medicine
biology
altitude
november 2011 by threedaymonk
The Daily Mail: Campaigning both For AND Against the HPV Vaccine in Different Countries Simultaneously
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Anti-scientific crypto-fascist demagogic hypocrites. Business as usual at the Fail.
science
health
medicine
hpv
hypocrisy
april 2009 by threedaymonk
steal this chapter
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Previously unpublished (due to legal proceedings) chapter about vitamin pill salesman Matthias Rath from Ben Goldacre’s book.
science
quackery
charlatan
medicine
aids
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Strange but True: Snake Oil Salesmen Were on to Something
november 2007 by threedaymonk
Snake oil really might have been good for arthritis!
science
history
medicine
november 2007 by threedaymonk
Congo's Wounds of War: More Vicious than Rape
november 2006 by threedaymonk
It's not easy reading, but it's information that needs to be told.
congo
war
women
medicine
awful
november 2006 by threedaymonk
‘Bionic’ limb breakthrough made
july 2006 by threedaymonk
Metal-skin integration is now possible, facilitating bone-anchored prostheses, not to mention some interesting transhumanist possibilities.
transhumanism
prosthetics
medicine
july 2006 by threedaymonk
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