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High Altitude Flatus Expulsion (HAFE)
‘[…] 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
steal this chapter
Previously unpublished (due to legal proceedings) chapter about vitamin pill salesman Matthias Rath from Ben Goldacre’s book.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
Congo's Wounds of War: More Vicious than Rape
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
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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