CAN EATING CHILLI PEPPERS CAUSE RCVS? Biting into the “world’s hottest pepper” sounds painful enough, but for one man who entered a chili-pepper-eating contest, the
CAN EATING CHILLI PEPPERS CAUSE RCVS? Biting into the “world’s hottest pepper” sounds painful enough, but for one man who entered a chili-pepper-eating contest, the
CAN A NETI POT GIVE YOU A BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA? A woman in Seattle acquired a rare and fatal brain-eating amoeba infection, which may have been
LUNG-SHAPED BLOOD CLOT The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the strange tale of a man who coughed up an exact cast of his
MISSING CONTACT LENS FOUND 28-YEARS LATER While playing badminton one spring day in England, a 14-year-old girl discovered the vision in her one eye to
Why Are Surgeons in the UK Called Mrs, Ms, Miss, or Mr? Generally speaking, in most parts of the world a doctor is a doctor
The Barber Pole was Once a Symbol of Surgeons It’s probably no surprise that the history of medicine is a bit bloody and macabre at
Constantly Generating New Cells The human body has amazing restorative properties in response to injury, or just the constant turning over of cells through the
What do Sheep Have to do with Blood Transfusions? Today blood transfusion is a common life-saving treatment for trauma patients, surgical patients, and others. Jean-Baptiste
Patient Presents with a “Fishy” Eye Nothing ruins a day at the beach quite like getting a fish bone stuck in your eyeball. Unfortunately, that’s