Brain or Liver
Best Medicine
So, you drive across town to a gym to walk on a treadmill?
Hypochondriac's Guide
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome sounds fun, or at least odd. The condition itself is very much less so, involving venous malformations in which the person ends up with extremely painful, constantly bleeding lesions all over the inside and outside of the body.
Observation
"Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess was why several of us died of tuberculosis." -- American humorist Jack Handey (1949-)
Medical History
This week in 1894, the first bottles of Coca-Cola were sold, concocted by John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist who mixed a combination of lime, cinnamon, coca leaves and the seeds of a Brazilian shrub to make the famous beverage. Carbonated water was introduced later. Pemberton originally intended the beverage to be a nerve and brain tonic and a medical elixir.
Perishable Publications
Many, if not most, published research papers have titles that defy comprehension. They use specialized jargon, complex words and opaque phrases like "nonlinear dynamics." Sometimes they don't, and yet they're still hard to figure out. Here's an actual title of actual published research study: "When is a bologna sandwich better than sex? A defense
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