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• Dad Uses Cheapo Supplements To Treat Daughter's Infected Heart, Girl Nearly Dies

  When she was admitted to the hospital, one Australian girl was described by a doctor as "the sickest girl I've ever seen" and was running a temperature of 42 degrees Celsius. (For those of you keeping score in crazy America land, that would be about 107 degrees Fahrenheit.) Her mouth was peeling, black, and she could barely breathe thanks to her throat being stuffed with pills. Now that she's confined to a wheelchair and suffering from brain damage, the eleven-year-old girl's father is off to six months in prison. But what is his crime? Read More... Posted Dec 17 2008, 12:52 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: pills, divorce, drugs, wtf, scary, australia, children, prison, medicine, hospital, doctors, families, sick, america, medical, doctor, alternative medicine

• Woman Nearly Forced Into Marriage Escapes To Britain

  Not all forced marriages (i.e. parent-endorsed sexual slavery) end in miserable lifetimes for brides and/or grooms. Sometimes, with the help of less ass-backwards friends and judges, bachelor(ettes) actually escape... Read More... Posted Dec 15 2008, 07:01 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: marriage, guns, london, england, medicine, kidnapped, doctors, wedding, Muslim, united kingdom, medical, shotgun, forced marriage, bangladesh, arranged marriage

• That's Some Scary Voodoo Sh*t Right There...

  Astrology, religion, tarot cards, a left-wing President, voodoo-- all hoaxes to us. But although we would never fall into this trap set by a black magic healer and his wife, we understand that some people are so desperate to make changes in their lives, that they would even give up their bodies on the off chance it could turn things around... Read More... Posted Dec 15 2008, 02:58 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: religion, stds, scary, Barack Obama, god, health, australia, medicine, left-wing, sexual assault, Chicago, Sydney, sexual abuse, hotel sex, chicago is scary, medical, breakup, voodoo, tarot cards, pickup lines, hoax, black magic, astrology

• Man Gets 4 Years For Doing Something Horrible To Grandma's Dog

  We were in Clearwater, Florida for Thanksgiving this year and heard a story so creepy, even we didn't want to write about it. Which, as you know, means this is one you won't be able to brush off, no matter how much you drink to forget... Read More... Posted Dec 03 2008, 02:51 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: thanksgiving, jail, dogs in the news, scary, holidays, florida, medicine, families, arrested, bestiality, parenting, sex crimes, grand parents, doors, medical problems

• Having Painful Sex? The Men of New Jersey Would Like To Help

  We realize that our headline is incredibly misleading but we never miss a chance to dig on our neighbors and rivals...  The Asbury Park Press has-- seriously-- gotten its panties in a twist about a bunch of dudes from New Jersey getting approved for an estrogen cream... Read More... Posted Nov 14 2008, 10:15 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: new york, cheating, science, sex, new jersey, medicine, impotence, cream, menopause, painful, rivalries, estrogen

• Ladies, If You're Not In The Mood, CNN Is Here To Save You...

  CNN has solved the problem of a woman's decreased libido. Hint: they want you to become a man.  Their top 5 ways women can improve their sex drives... Read More... Posted Jul 25 2008, 12:49 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: viagra, drugs, sex, cnn, medicine, erections, sex life, erectile dysfunction

• Guys Who Ride Bikes: Your Balls Are In Danger!

  A new report has just reminded us why we almost prefer taking public transportation... News-Medical.net has a story featuring a London urological surgeon who warns men that, should they ride the wrong bicycle, they could do severe damage to their family jewels... Read More... Posted Jul 09 2008, 11:04 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: bikes, medicine, erections, cycling, bicycles, genitals, medical news, injury, e.d.

• Boy Dies From Urinary Tract Infection While Parents Pray

  We're not out to attack religious people or anything. It's just that in the past few weeks, there have been a bevy of news stories out there in this country that happened to feature wackos who happened to be religious doing things that happen to be totally bonkers nutjob crazy. Now we hear from Strollerderby and the AP that a boy in Oregon died from a urinary tract infection (!) after his parents failed to so much as request a catheter for him. The fucked up part about all this is that they might not even be charged in his death... Read More... Posted Jun 24 2008, 10:15 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 39 comment(s) Filed under: religion, death, infected tube, medicine, hospital, doctors, praying dog, health benefits, health care, teenage boys, oregon, praying

• Is There a Such Thing as Gay Cancer?

  No, not exactly, but apparently gay men and lesbians face different cancer risks than the straight folk. At least according to a group of doctors in the UK. Read More... Posted Mar 05 2008, 12:29 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: the UK, lesbians, medicine, the gays, cancer, gay cancer

• My Year Beats Your "Le Weekend"

  Canada has just broken new ground in the ongoing sexual revolution (which began with the invention of rectal thermometers in 1342) with a new daily dosage of Cialis. Yes, "Le Weekend," as Europeans call the 24-36 hour anti-impotence drug, is now "Le Year," as this new version means men can be "spontaneous" and get boners all day long. Great-- just what we need... sex day and night. Yawn. Read More... Posted Feb 25 2008, 04:30 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: underage-ness, drugs, sex, penis, canada, france, medicine, erections, promiscuity, impotence, french, cialis

• Someone at ABC News is Still Angry About Their High School Cup Size

  Interesting bit of science being reported recently, as some Canadian researchers are claiming a direct relation between the size of a woman's breasts when she is young and her risk for diabetes later in life -- but it's a pretty complex finding. On the one hand, it's possible that larger breasts might go hand-in-hand with obesity, which is a risk factor. On the other hand, doctors are still unclear how -- or even if -- breast growth might be physically related to insulin production, so it bears further research. And some are even calling the study and its methods into question. Lots to unpack here, right? So what's the first thing on the mind of ABC News Medical Unit author Audrey Grayson? Read More... Posted Jan 30 2008, 10:07 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: boobs, bad science, boob envy, abc news, medicine