March 30, 1842: It's Lights Out, Thanks to Ether

1842: James Venable has a tumor surgically removed from his neck by Dr. Crawford Long. This otherwise routine surgery is significant because it is the first documented use of ether as an anesthetic.

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Burger King Shifts Policy on Animals

Animal welfare advocates called the chain’s shift to more humane egg and meat production a “historic advance.”

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March 30, 1842: It's Lights Out, Thanks to Ether

1842: James Venable has a tumor surgically removed from his neck by Dr. Crawford Long. This otherwise routine surgery is significant because it is the first documented use of ether as an anesthetic.

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The Best Exercise You're Not Doing

"One simple (and grueling) movement will revolutionize your leg workout."

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The Computer Nerd's Guide to Getting in Shape: 13 Surefire Tips

So you spend all day confined in a dungeon in front of a couple glowing computer screens, coding C++ and eating McDonald’s for lunch? You definitely need to lose a few pounds and put on some muscle, but don’t know where to start? This geared-to-geeks guide will give you some practical tips on how to get into physical shape.

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Russian dude grows penis on arm!!

Only in soviet russia..

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A Nostalgic Look at 11 Discontinued Sodas

Everyone remembers Surge and Coke II, but what about Orbitz, the soft drink with lots of tiny gelatin orbs floating inside of it? Of course you remember. You drank one in 8th grade, then had an alien baby burst from your stomach three days later. Still no? Then read X-Entertainment's piece on 11 sodas the world just wasn't ready to accept.

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Cure for Diabetes?

Diabetes breakthrough!Toronto scientists cure disease in mice.

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

#13 During a railway expansion in Egypt in the 19th century, construction companies unearthed so many mummies that they used them as fuel for locomotives.

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

Money for getting squashed in your airplane seat, our country's fattest state, the "Monster Thickburger", and more.

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Saying Yes to Mess

A movement is afoot to embrace disorder as the detritus of a creative mind. But the effort is a little disorganized.

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Get Smashed and Drop Your Blood Pressure by Twenty Points in One Sitting

In the name of research, I consumed a bottle of Pinot Noir and lowered my blood pressure by nearly twenty points. It was only temporary, true ... but I'll bet you another bottle that it's repeatable. I've never been a wine drinker, but I'm willing to make an exception for science.

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Man inexplicably growing younger

A 68-year-old man, Zhu Guorong, has surprised his family members, neighbours and friends by gaining new youth. Senior doctors and medical experts in Haikou of Hainan Province are stumped as well.

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Drugs and Toxicity: "The least toxic drug known to humans is now illegal."

The least toxic drug known to humans is now illegal. The most toxic is available at Safeway. None of this makes any sense at all. And yet we continue to imprison people for ingesting substances far less harmful than others freely available. One has to wonder what the prohibitionists are smoking. Maybe nutmeg.

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8 diseases that give you superhuman powers

Diseases that give you: Photographic memory, a connection to God, New senses, Unlimited Euphoria, Immunity to Pain...

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What does 200 Calories Look Like?

some geek took a bunch of pictures of 200 calories of all kinds of different foods... its pretty surprising to see that a small spoonful of peanut butter has the same number of calories as an entire plate of broccoli.

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The Complete Ownage of a Woman

I'll try to sum up a funny story that happened a few years ago: I got a vasectomy.  I met a girl soon afterwards. She was nice and attractive but with a selfish streak that raised a big red flag. She was 32 at the time and I could practically HEAR her biological clock ticking. Regardless, she was a good lay, easy on the eyes, and reasonably g...

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The Complete Ownage of a Woman

I'll try to sum up a funny story that happened a few years ago: I got a vasectomy.  I met a girl soon afterwards. She was nice and attractive but with a selfish streak that raised a big red flag. She was 32 at the time and I could practically HEAR her biological clock ticking. Regardless, she was a good lay, easy on the eyes, and reasonably g...

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How to Wipe Your Buttox

My mother never knelt in front of me on the toilet and coached me on my form, and I should hope that your parents showed similar restraint. In theory, this is something that we learn through trial and error — even if we don’t remember it — and it is very likely that every person has developed his or her own masterful technique.

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Cheap, Safe Drug Kills Most Cancers

Not coming to a pharmaceutical company near you soon...

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How to cure a sore throat almost instantly

An almost sure-fire way to get over a sore throat. Seems to actually work and lots of people have great things to say about it. This site is just one recent example and includes a recipe, but the site it links to has many more positive reviews.

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Digg this and help this man get treatment for advanced lung cancer

Weeks after learning he had advanced lung cancer, he won the lottery. The payout is $34,000 for 20 years but his doctors say that he only has 12-16 months left to live. He needs care from a specialized cancer hospital but needs a lump sum payment. Please bring attention to this story and give your digg. His only hope is a petition in Albany.

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Why Intelligent People Tend To Be Unhappy

The rates of suicide, imprisonment and emotional dysfunction among highly intelligent people are much higher than for the average. Many are socially and emotionally underdeveloped or maldeveloped. Read on to learn why.http://billallin.com

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Very Cool - 40 Ink Blot Test Wallpapers (black & white and color)

"The Ink-blot Test, also known as The Rorschach Test was originally invented by Hermann Rorschach. (1884-1922) as a psychology/personality test used by psychiatrists on their patients. A patient will look into a series of 10 inkblots (Some in color and some in black and white) and say what they see.

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Oxycyte: Better Than Blood?

A man-made, pure-white compound called Oxycyte carries oxygen 50 times as effectively as our own blood. Researchers are betting that it’s the best way to treat America’s leading cause of accidental death: traumatic brain injury.

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15 Foods You Shouldn’t Live Without

Ever wondered how to stay healthy? Here are 15 foods that you should be eating on a regular basis.

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Rehydrate your RNA needs it

Water, that molecule-of-all-trades, is famous for its roles in shaping the Earth, sustaining living creatures and serving as a universal solvent. Now, researchers at the University of Michigan and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic have uncovered two previously unknown roles for water in RNA enzymes, molecules which themselves play criti

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Cancer cured! yet no one paid attention...

Amazing what we don't here about because a huge pharmaceutical name isn't on it.

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The Little Multi-Billion Dollar Lie About Your Pet's Food

It's the biggest little billion dollar secret in our world of pets - because if anybody did tell you the truth about what is going into your beloved dog or cat's stomach when you pour stuff out of those bags.

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LSD Drawings

These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD -- part of a test conducted by the US government during it's alliance with psychotomimetic drugs in the late 1950's. The artist was given a dose of LSD 25 and free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils, watch what happens.

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It Takes Two Parents To Raise a Successful, Functioning Child

In this day and age, men have absolutely zero reproductive rights. If a woman wants a child, she’s going to have a child even if it means poking a hole in a condom. When it comes time to plan a family, a man is not allowed to say “enough is enough” or “we can’t afford it” or “I’m not sure I can be as good a Father if I spread myself too thin”...

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Diabetes 1 AND 2 cured OVERNIGHT in mice!

If you know what Diabetes can do to your life, you know that this is huge.

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How you could look in the next 4 years if you start body building now

Month-by-month photos.

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Young Adult Cancer Conference in Boston

The Wellness Community of Boston presents the Fourth Annual “I'm Too Young For This” Symposium. A free full day conference addressing the concerns ofyoung adults whose lives have been affected by cancer. Saturday, March 31st, 2007 at the Massachusetts College of Art.

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50 Things She Wishes You Knew

Universal truths that all men should--but don't--understand

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Why Your Free Time is Boring (and how to change that)

Is it really possible to get more out of your time off? Not just making this time more productive, but actually making it more enjoyable. Here's how to fill your spare time with 'active leisure'.

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Lost touch with reality? Now you can blame "the pot"

Yet another government funded study. Does it hold any water? The purple elephant tells me yes.

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STUDY: Two popular Diabetes drugs may double the risk of heart failure

Two popular drugs used to treat late-onset diabetes may double the risk of heart failure, according to a new study. Researchers who analysed data on 78,000 patients who took Avandia or Actos to treat type II diabetes found that it increased the risk of heart failure by up to 100 percent, said the study released on Thursday.

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Heart disease tied to mental decline

People who take steps to maintain the health of their heart and blood vessels may be protecting their brains too, a new study from UK researchers suggests.

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Fewest U.S. Smokers Since 1944

A Gallup poll shows that 21% of U.S. adults currently smoke; that smoking statistic has never been lower since the annual poll began in 1944.

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WTF! -- Japanese Rubber Gadget Teaches You How to Smile [PICTURE]

The Beauty Smile Trainer is basically a mouthpiece, but it's designed specifically to make your smile wider and more amicable than the one you already have. Weird, just weird..

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Map: Countries with Universal Healthcare

Not only is healthcare a basic human need but it is also a human right and the health of the citizenz leads to great benefits for any nation's economy. The map shows all the countries with some degree of healthcare and looks at countries that provide universal healthcare.

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Hotels told to provide condoms

China has ordered all hotels, holiday resorts and public showers to provide condoms, part of nationwide efforts to fight the spread of AIDS.

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The Top 10 Worst Hereditary Conditions

10. Baldness: Although baldness is common in men, scientists don't understand much about why so little is going on up there. Genes do play a role, but your mom is not the only one at fault.

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The Top 10 Worst Hereditary Conditions

10. Baldness: Although baldness is common in men, scientists don't understand much about why so little is going on up there. Genes do play a role, but your mom is not the only one at fault.

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Prostitutes thought to be Immune to HIV are now infected

A group of prostitutes thought to be immune to HIV have now become infected, causing dismay to scientists hoping to develop an Aids vaccine. It was thought that exposure to HIV on a regular basis created immunity, but six Kenyan women previously thought to be resistant are now HIV-positive.

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Why Slim People Dislike The Over Weight

From the taunting of the chubby child in the playground to cruel jibes at fat people in work and social settings, few could doubt there is widespread prejudice against the overweight. However, according to research reported in Evolution and Human Behavior some people suffer abuse because being too fat is mistaken by the brain for a sign of disease.

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Masturbation Will Lead to Hell? The Effects of Religion

This is a classic example of religion screwing with the mind of a child. This kid posted a question on "Yahoo Answers" asking if it was okay to masturbate. He was scared to death that he might go to hell or not be able to lead a normal life. This can't be right.

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Color Guide to Staying Healthy and Eating Right

According to nutritionists, naturally color-vibrant foods serve an important role in keeping you healthy and even reducing cancer risks. Antioxidants, phytochemicals, Beta carotine and lycopene... All the science talk can be intimidating… so we’ve created a visual guide to show you which fruits and vegetables are part of a colorful, healthy diet.

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Longevity Pill Tested in Humans

What if I told you there was a pill that slows aging and allows you to live a healthy life to age 100? Such a pill may exist right now.

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Breakthrough in MS 'biggest for decades'

Short circuits' occur in the body's messaging system, because nerve signals get slowed or blocked.

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108 Year Old Woman Put on 18 Month Waiting List for Hearing Aid

"I could be dead by then," she said yesterday. You think?

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Study: Couple’s Who Don’t Have Sex End Up Hating Each Other

Feeling stressed? Taking on lots of new commitments? If you answered yes to those two questions, you may need to take a close look at your love life, according to a team of German researchers.

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Who's Minding the Mind?

The subconscious brain is more active, independent and purposeful than once thought. Sometimes it takes charge.

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100 Tips to Improve your Life

A group of high profile 'personal productivity' bloggers collected a list of the 100 best “tips to improve your life.” Leo Babauta, author of Zen Habits compiled the list. While not specific to creative professionals, the list includes tips that are likely to boost overall effectiveness and the impact we are able to make with our ideas.

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Graph: The Smarter You Are, The Less Sex You Get

In fact, a more detailed study from 2000 is devoted strictly to this topic, and finds the same thing: Smart Teens Don't Have Sex (or Kiss Much Either).

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Don't Dare Sleep with your WingWoman

The night Leo climbed on top of me and pleaded, "Come on, baby, please," I didn't know whether to be amused or offended. Granted, we'd been drinking. And I was in his bed, wearing a T-shirt and teeny panties. But we'd been friends for a decade. I was in town to catch up, not hook up. "Get off me, you idiot," I demanded.

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Your favorite 'wacky tobacky' joint hits your lungs like 5 cigarettes

"Doctors recruited 339 volunteers who were divided into four categories: those who smoked only cannabis, those who smoked only tobacco, those who smoked both, and those who smoked neither." The finding s are pretty amazing.

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8 Ways Soda Fizzles Your Health

Not your typical causes diabetes, makes you fat stuff. Very interesting long term effects soda can have on your body. I am drinking water from now on.

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Study: Religious doctors no more likely to treat poor

What they found was physicians who were deemed more religious as reflected by intrinsic religiosity or frequency of attendance of religious services were not more likely to report caring for underserved patient populations — those that tended to be poor, uninsured or on Medicaid, the federal program for the poor.

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New Pill Eliminates Period Now Available!

Call it a curse, a friend, even Aunt Flo -- but don't call it obligatory. As the new birth control pill that eliminates women's periods hits pharmacies this week, some will say goodbye to menstruation. More though, it seems, are wary of eliminating the monthly bleeding that's symbolic of womanhood.

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★ The Most Dangerous Drugs [bar graph] ★

You might be surprised to know that alcohol is far more dangerous than both Big Puff and Puff the Magic Dragon. Check out this graphic guide to the most dangerous substances humanity ingests (and imbibes, snorts, shoots and sniffs).

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It's Official: Lust Trumps Love

After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237 reasons why people have sex, researchers found that young men and women get intimate for mostly the same motivations. It's more about lust in the body than a love connection in the heart.

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Brain-Injured Man Speaks After 6 Years

(AP) -- A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report.

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Doctor Accused of Killing Patient to Harvest his Organs

Prosecutors say Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, 33, of San Francisco, gave a harmful drug and prescribed excessive doses of morphine and a sedative to 25-year-old Ruben Navarro, who died in 2006. The prosecutor's office said in a statement that the drugs were prescribed "to accelerate Mr. Navarro's death in order to recover his organs."

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Deep-brain electrical stimulation brings man out of vegetative state

A 38-year-old man who had been in a near-coma for six years was recently awakened via the use of a pacemaker and two electrodes which were implanted deeply in his brain.

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5 Summer Sex Positions That Could Get You Hospitalized. Or Arrested.

"Some of these would challenge the acrobats of Cirque Du Soleil, let alone a 30-something couch jockey with a bum knee."

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Marijuana Does Not Cause Psychosis, Lung Damage, or Skin Cancer

Reading coverage of marijuana research in the mainstream press increases the risk of becoming misinformed by 50-300%.An analysis of the various scare stories on marijuana appearing in major papers lately. When facts are left out, others exaggerated to the point of sensationalism, truth and reality lose, and how many people are hurt in the process

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6 Superfoods That Prevent Disease

Simplify your life-and boost your health-with these basic foods that really work You can nibble on goji berries, whip up noni juice smoothies and stock your shelves with antioxidants.

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No-sex programmes 'not working'

Sex abstinence programmes do not stop risky sexual behaviour or help prevent unwanted pregnancy, a research team has concluded. The Oxford University team reviewed 13 US trials involving over 15,000 people aged 10 to 21.

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Coffee May Curb Liver Cancer

People who drank a lot of coffee were 55 percent less likely to have been diagnosed with liver cancer than those who didn't drink any coffee.

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The Perfect Road Trip Water Bottle - A 67 Year Old Design.

It's not sexy, or pretty, in any way. But it works perfectly still, and is likely to remain functional for a century. There's no reason that more attractive versions, in a variety of shapes, can't be made. Stainless steel would be fine for the bottle as long as the top is equally rugged.

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9 Reasons why An Apple a Day Really Keeps the Doctor away

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”…but why?

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Why Toddlers' Vocabulary Grows Quickly

Children's vocabulary often booms in the second year of life, and new research may show how that happens.

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Complete Apollo photo archive now available after 40 years

For nearly 40 years, the complete photographic record from the Apollo moon project sat in a freezer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, almost untouched, until now. A new digital archive – created through a collaboration between ASU and NASA – is making available on the Internet high-resolution scans of original Apollo flight films.

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Black holes portals to other universes?

The objects scientists think are black holes could instead be wormholes leading to other universes, a new study says.

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Levitation breakthrough proposed

A way of making levitation possible using a mysterious force of nature has been proposed by two British physicists. Their ideas are now being looked at seriously by a leading American scientist who may put them into practice. The theory will not enable people to fly like Peter Pan but could revolutionise nanotechnology and the design of micro-mac

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