chrisdrudge | March 23, 2008Ellis L, Ficek C, Burke D, Das S. Eye color, hair color, blood type, and the rhesus factor: exploring possible genetic links to sexual orientation. Arch Sex Behav. 2008 Feb;37(1):145-9.
Based on a sample of 2000+ college students and people found in internet chat rooms, the authors of this paper found that gay men and lesbians exhibited low and high incidences, respectively, of A blood type compared to heterosexuals (p
chrisdrudge | March 21, 2008Arora A, Arora M, Roffe C. Mystery of the missing denture: an unusual cause of respiratory arrest in a nonagenarian. Age Ageing. 2005 Sep;34(5):519-20.
A nonagenarian is someone between 90 and 100 years old. That's really old. Behold the power of swallowing a loose denture:
It got stuck in her hypopharynx, the part of the throat that connects to the esophagus.
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Samarasam I, Chandran S, Shukla V, Mathew G. A missing denture's misadventure! Dis Esophagus. 2006;19(1):53-5.
Ah, the tracheoesophageal fistula. Say goodbye to a sizable chunk of your esophagus!
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de Ruiter MH, van Damme PA,…
chrisdrudge | March 16, 2008So the word is on the street that if you fire a bunch of bullets up in the air, they eventually end up falling back to earth at speeds capable of killing people. Great way to celebrate, eh? Celebratory gunfire injuries occur worldwide, and represent the ultimate in preventable injury.
Incorvaia AN, Poulos DM, Jones RN, Tschirhart JM. Can a falling bullet be lethal at terminal velocity? Cardiac injury caused by a celebratory bullet. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jan;83(1):283-4.
Some dude was out celebrating New Year's in East Lansing, Michigan, and ended up in the hospital with a bullet in his…
chrisdrudge | March 13, 2008I really wanted to make a Sixth Sense joke in the title of this post, but thankfully I managed to overcome my deep-seated desire to fill this blog with nine year old pop culture references and decided that classic Seuss was the way to go. Now to offend some of you.
Catanese G, Bloom T. Recovery of a mummified pregnant woman from a 55-gallon drum more than 30 years after her death. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2002 Sep;23(3):245-7.
Well, the next time I have to dispose of the body of some chick I knocked up and then knocked out, I'm going drum shopping.
People, dead pregnant women jokes are the…
chrisdrudge | March 11, 2008Chodorowski Z, Sein Anand J. [Internet as a means of persuading a patient to commit a suicide] Przegl Lek. 2002;59(4-5):375-6. Polish.
So apparently this lady in Poland trolled the internet for a depressed student, found one, and then proceeded to badger her into committing suicide by sending her near-daily memos on how to efficiently off herself. A great reminder (in case you needed one) of how fucked up some people are, and how dangerous the Internet can be sometimes.
chrisdrudge | March 3, 2008Lane N, Graudins A. "Punk" rock can be bad for you: a case of surgical emphysema from a "punk" rocker's leather jacket. Emerg Med J. 2006 Jun;23(6):e35.
Sheena is a "punk" rocker / Sheena is a "punk" rocker / Sheena is a "punk" rocker with a hole in her chest
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le Roux FH, Bouic PJ, Bester MM. The effect of Bach's magnificat on emotions, immune, and endocrine parameters during physiotherapy treatment of patients with infectious lung conditions. J Music Ther. 2007 Summer;44(2):156-68.
Apparently if you have a serious lung infection, listening to Bach will boost your immune system, make you…
chrisdrudge | February 27, 2008Sauper T, Lanthaler M, Biebl M, Weiss H, Nehoda H. Impaired anal sphincter function in professional cyclists. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2007;119(5-6):170-3.
Professional cycling: Voluntary defecation control is for pussies.
chrisdrudge | February 25, 2008Frey FJ. [Microwave-induced heating injury] Ther Umsch. 2004 Dec;61(12):703-6. German.
This one's in German. Though I no spreken ze deutch, the translated abstract tells the sad medical tale of a diabetic who was burnt by a warm-up pillow that was overheated in a microwave. The burns lead to amputation followed by infection with MRSA (a super-antibiotic-resistant bacterium) with subsequent heart attack and death. Total bummer.
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Dixon JJ, Burd DA, Roberts DG. Severe burns resulting from an exploding teat on a bottle of infant formula milk heated in a microwave oven. Burns. 1997 May;23(3):…
chrisdrudge | February 16, 2008Pearce JM. Misoplegia. Eur Neurol. 2007;57(1):62-4. Epub 2006 Nov 20. Review.
Hemiplegia is paralysis of one side of the body. It can be congenital or acquired as the result of disease or injury involving the spinal cord and/or brain. Stroke is a common cause.
Misoplegia is the hatred of paralyzed body parts in those afflicted by hemiplegia. People with misoplegia have been known to verbally or physically abuse their paralyzed parts.
As strange as that sounds, when I get me a bout of the week-long stomach flu, I'm ready to curb stomp my damn gastrointestinal tract by day two.
chrisdrudge | February 15, 2008Straumanis JP. Disclosure of medical error: is it worth the risk? Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007 Mar;8(2 Suppl):S38-43.
Hells no. Not unless you get off on having personal injury lawsuits filed against you. Which, admittedly, would be an interesting kink.
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Comparison of a manual and an automated method to estimate the number of uterine eggs in Anisakid nematodes: to coulter or not to coulter. Is that the question? J Parasitol. 2007 Apr;93(2):423-5.
Yeah, I figure that's the question, since you based a paper on it. Also, for the record, parasitic nematode research and terrible Shakespeare puns…
chrisdrudge | February 10, 2008Volkmer BG, Maier S. Successful penile replantation following autoamputation: twice! Int J Impot Res. 2002 Jun;14(3):197-8.
The particularly impressive part for me is that he was able to get it up even after the second replantation.
In related news, check out this fascinating review article on genital self-mutilation.
chrisdrudge | February 6, 2008Marneros A, Gutmann P, Uhlmann F. Self-amputation of penis and tongue after use of Angel's Trumpet. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 Oct;256(7):458-9. Epub 2006 Jun 16.
Kids, this is why you should just bite the bullet and fork out the necessary cash for some quality bud instead of cheaping out and making tea from some plant you found growing in your backyard.
chrisdrudge | February 5, 2008Arya CL, Gupta R, Arora VK. Accidental condom inhalation. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2004 Jan-Mar;46(1):55-8.
Sounds like either someone was a little too enthusiastic or someone else was a little too small. Oh, snap!
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Morineau G, Prybylski D, Song N, Natpratan C, Neilsen G. Simultaneous Use of Multiple Condoms Among Male Cambodian Military Personnel Visiting Female Sex Workers. Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Oct;34(10):808-812.
Dude, if I ever porked a hooker, I'd double wrap too! One little tear, hello chlamydia!
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Al-Awadhi NM, Al-Brahim N, Ahmad MS, Yordanov E. Giant fibroepithelial polyp…
chrisdrudge | February 4, 2008Nakaguchi H, Matsuno A, Teraoka A. Prediction of the incidence of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage from meteorological data. Int J Biometeorol. 2008 Jan 8; [Epub ahead of print]
Changes in the weather can make your head (read: blood vessels in your brain) explode (read: rupture)!
It's like Scanners, only with periods of relatively high atmospheric pressure or low ambient temperature instead of telekinesis. And somewhat less graphic in presentation.
chrisdrudge | February 2, 2008Kuijpers HJ, van der Heijden FM, Tuinier S, Verhoeven WM. Meditation-Induced Psychosis. Psychopathology. 2007 Sep 11;40(6):461-464
Please correct me if I've been misinformed here, but isn't meditation supposed to help you chill out, not make you go nuts? Although I guess if your mantra was 'Must kill everything I have ever loved' I could see the problem.
chrisdrudge | January 30, 2008Santucci RA, Deng D, Carney J. Removal of metal penile foreign body with a widely available emergency-medical-services-provided air-driven grinder.
Urology. 2004 Jun;63(6):1183-4.
Dude! Remember that one time when they had to remove that barbell from my dick with an air grinder? That was so sick!
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Sandhu A, Gross M, Wylie J, Van Caeseele P, Plourde P. Pseudomonas aeruginosa necrotizing chondritis complicating high helical ear piercing case report: clinical and public health perspectives. Can J Public Health. 2007 Jan-Feb;98(1):74-7.
Y'know what debridement and removal of necrotic…
chrisdrudge | January 28, 2008Shah J, Majed A, Rosin D. Rectal salami. Int J Clin Pract. 2002 Sep;56(7):558-9.
You have no idea how hard I'm fighting the urge to make a 'hide the salami' joke right now.
chrisdrudge | January 26, 2008Wiederman MW. Pretending orgasm during sexual intercourse: correlates in a sample of young adult women. J Sex Marital Ther. 1997 Summer;23(2):131-9.
Here we go: "Overall, more than one-half of the women reported having pretended orgasm during sexual intercourse."
Please discuss how this makes you feel.
chrisdrudge | January 25, 2008The following are the most disgusting papers on necrophilia that I could, uh, dig up. Enjoy!
Ehrlich E, Rothschild MA, Pluisch F, Schneider V. An extreme case of necrophilia. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2000 Dec;2(4):224-6.
Schlesinger LB. Adolescent sexual matricide following repetitive mother-son incest. J Forensic Sci. 1999 Jul;44(4):746-9.
Bauer M, Tatschner T, Patzelt D. Digital imaging of the dissection and sexual abuse of a corpse - an exceptional case of necrophilia. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2007 May;9(3):143-6. Epub 2006 Dec 8.
chrisdrudge | January 24, 2008Ofran Y, Lavi D, Opher D, Weiss TA, Elinav E. Fatal voluntary salt intake resulting in the highest ever documented sodium plasma level in adults (255 mmol L-1): a disorder linked to female gender and psychiatric disorders. J Intern Med. 2004 Dec;256(6):525-8. Review.
A 20-year-old woman suffering from postpartum depression reportedly drank six glasses of a 1 kg/L table salt solution as part of an exorcism ceremony to make her better. That's an absolutely brutal amount of salt. Tragically, the woman had just started taking fluoxetine (Prozac), but decided to try the exorcism approach as well.…