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Remember when margarine was supposed to be healthier than butter?

by Anaxagoras » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:42 am

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Yeah, no. Turns out the opposite is true:

Butter unlikely to harm health, but margarine could be deadly

Saturated fat does not increase the risk...

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I'll just go a head and ship that to you now, before my increased sex power fuggin' kills me! :)

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Sat Aug 22, 2015 6:29 pm
Sounds like something out of a horror movie

by Anaxagoras » Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:02 pm

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A Woman Has Been Pregnant With A Calcified Fetus For Over 60 Years

:o

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Life is stranger than we can imagine

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Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:57 pm
Cancer related side effect to birth control pills

by Zombie Abdul » Thu Aug 06, 2015 2:26 pm

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Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:32 pm
Anti-vax is REALLY turning pro-disease

by Nyarlathotep » Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:16 pm

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I used to call anti-vaxxers pro-disease just as a snarky way of pointing out the consequences of their beliefs and actions. I am increasingly seeing...

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Yeah, but think of all of the Autism they have!

And why do you want Nigerians to lack the wonderful benefits of ignorant eugenics?

--J.D.

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Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:03 am
Biomusic

by Pyrrho » Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:22 pm

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I dunno. I keep thinking of facilitated communication.

PubMed listing:

Full text listing:

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It is facilitated communication in all of its tragic innocence.

If you effectively decapitate a body--destroy the consciousness trigger of the brain...

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Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:41 pm
Woman eats world's largest gummy skull

by Pyrrho » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:49 am

5 lbs, 7,000 calories.

:Hungry2:

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Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:55 am
Being Poor Makes You Stupid

by Rob Lister » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:29 pm

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Okay, maybe a little more nuanced than that.

Here's the short of it....

Brain Scans Reveal How Poverty Hurts Children's Brains

Children in...

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I've often thought that being stupid tends to make you poor (plenty of exceptions to this rule though of course; just on average). And not to imply...

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Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:09 pm
Deodorant eater -- I am very very skeptical.

by Zombie Abdul » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:38 pm

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Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:35 pm
Why don't I get illnesses more when I am cold?

by SkepticalSemite » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:32 am

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So I was always told by my parents to wear a jacket all the way up to the month of May because otherwise I'll catch ebola or something.

In high...

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Recent research has shown that the immune system is sluggish in cold tissues. Our noses double as radiators for our brains, and tend to be several...

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Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:09 pm
Crime Does Not Pay Thread

by Doctor X » Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:06 am

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From, of course, the often linked QuackWatch :

Cancer fraud doctor gets lengthy prison sentence

Farid Fata, M.D., a cancer specialist who...

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I remember hearing about this. Just horrid. If it wouldn't be a waste of money that should go to compensate the victims I'd say he should be forced...

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Mon Jul 13, 2015 4:05 pm
Lyme disease family tree

by Pyrrho » Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:29 pm

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Looks like bullshit to me, unless they're talking about lingering post-illness effects?

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Lyme disease family tree .

A thing of beauty.

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Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:51 pm
Anti-vaxxer tears are sweet like candy

by Nyarlathotep » Fri Jun 26, 2015 12:24 am

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California's vaccine bill: Assembly passes SB 277 outlawing personal belief and religious exemptions

Predictably, there is a lot of WHAAARGARRBL!!...

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Jim Carrey Please Shut Up:

Jeffrey Kluger is Editor at Large for TIME.

The erstwhile Ace Ventura sounds off about vaccines. Spoiler alert: he's...

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Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:35 pm
Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH)

by Zombie Abdul » Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:18 pm

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Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:53 pm
FDA recommends 'female Viagra'

by Rob Lister » Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:19 am

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FDA advisory committee recommends approval of controversial 'female Viagra'

Good read but ... damn FDA, there is little upside to this.

My take...

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I'm relieved – feared efforts would have to be made! :D
(And where's my Krafft-Ebing ?)

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Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:31 am
I'm SOMEBODY now!!!!!!

by Nyarlathotep » Sat May 16, 2015 9:44 pm

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WOOHOOO!!!!! I haven't felt this honored since the last time the new phonebook arrived

So apparently antivaxxers have been spreading some sort of...

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... chembeciles ...

Language award. :mrgreen:

Alas, I didn't invent that one. I just adopted it.

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Sat May 16, 2015 11:23 pm
Nasty Toxic Tampons

by Rob Lister » Fri May 01, 2015 12:23 pm

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... Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) recently introduced a bill that would require the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on the...

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NSFW images at the link.

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Sat May 02, 2015 7:46 pm
Hammertime

by Pyrrho » Fri May 01, 2015 10:51 pm

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H7_ETwD7zus

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Thanks, Pyrrho.

:BlowChunks:

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Sat May 02, 2015 12:32 pm
The Cure for Cancer: The Good Doctor Provides Help

by Doctor X » Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:46 am

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I am not one to advertise My Humble MagNIfIcence across Al Gore's Intertoobs, but I stumbl'd upon this declaration seeking for ways to maintain my...

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OTOH, Homeopathic accounting is a real thing; an account balance of 0 means you're exceedingly wealthy and can spend all you like.

The problem is...

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Fri May 01, 2015 1:57 pm
Probiotics are not a panacea

by Anaxagoras » Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:32 am

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NEWSER) – Those who eat lots of yogurt because they think it's a health food might have to reassess things: A study out of Spain suggests that yogurt...

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!

--J.D.

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Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:48 am
Woman's evil twin removed from brain

by Pyrrho » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:39 am

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During a surgery to remove an apparent brain tumor in a 26-year-old woman, doctors in Los Angeles were shocked to discover an embryonic twin instead.

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I'd heard of people growing teeth in their lungs, for instance.

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Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:40 am
FDA to require Homeopathic Medicine be safe and effective

by Rob Lister » Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:52 pm

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Safe is easy.

Effective is going to be tricky.

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Of course, the question is whether they will take a hard route like requiring homeopathic products to pass the same safety and efficacy tests as...

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Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:39 pm
10 Doctors want Oz off the faculty

by Pyrrho » Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:14 pm

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Columbia University responds with academic freedom.

Dr. Oz is under fire again, this time from a group of 10 physicians who wrote a letter to...

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Oz whines that his freedom of speech is being trampled:

All of the arguments Dr. Oz made against his critics were wrong

Dr. Oz has come under...

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Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:22 am
SIDS and inner ear damage

by SkepticalSemite » Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:17 pm

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What are your thoughts on this?
Ears important for breathing? I thought the medulla (brainstem) was the respiratory center in the brain, not the...

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His theory is inconsistent
In some articles he mentions a vague term of 'inner ear damage', while in others he mentions the vestibular system. In...

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Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:27 pm
Ant-vaxxers are people too...

by Nyarlathotep » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:37 am
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I have been seeing a LOT of this type of thing lately

We’re Not Narcissists For Putting Our Children First

That't just the latest example, but I...

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That thread gets real scary!!!
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Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:27 am
Head transplant? No way.

by Anaxagoras » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:33 am

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30-year-old Russian man volunteers for world's first human head transplant

Dr. Sergio Canavero, of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group (TANG)...

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I prefer:

wVX43X8NpUg

--J. Sousa Phone! D.

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Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:35 am
Does kale allegedly cure cancer or something?

by Zombie Abdul » Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:44 pm

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Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:46 pm
Exploding head syndrome

by Pyrrho » Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:13 am

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For realz.

Assistant Professor Brian Sharpless equates the condition to shutting down a computer. But instead of all the parts of the brain...

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--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:17 am
Cure for cancer. Polio

by robinson » Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:23 pm

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No kidding. Duke Uni was on 60 minutes last night. They have been injecting live polio virus into the brain to cure cancer.

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Here (regarding the Vice story):

Reported 90% success rate using re-engineered HIV to attack blood cancers. Great news if true. In addition, the...

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Last post by sparks
Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:40 pm
The paranoids are out to get me. Evidences.

by Zombie Abdul » Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:11 pm

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Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:52 pm
Herbal supplements don't even contain the herbs on the label

by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:04 pm

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bottles of Walmart-brand echinacea, an herb said to ward off colds, were found to contain no echinacea at all. GNC-brand bottles...

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Looks like the Attorney General fucked it up.

GNC Holdings Inc. and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday that a test of the...

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Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:30 pm
penis transplant

by jacks » Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:41 pm

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A South African university said Friday that it had performed a successful penis transplant.

The patient had his penis amputated three years ago...

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The particular elephant in the room is Islam.

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Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:34 am
GlaxoSmithKline dumps live polio virus into Belgium river

by robinson » Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:17 am

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The accidental release of 45 litres of concentrated live polio virus solution into the environment - Belgium

As reported to ECDC by Belgian...

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I am DrMatt

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Tue Mar 10, 2015 4:42 am
Mito or Munchausen's

by Anaxagoras » Wed Apr 02, 2014 3:22 pm

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Have you heard about this case?

Mitochondrial Disease or Medical Child Abuse?

It's kinda fascinating.

I feel sorry for the poor girl in either...

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Another case of Munchausen's by proxy?

Mommy Blogger Lacey Spears Arrested For Fatally Poisoning Son With Sodium: Cops

We first met Lacey Spears...

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Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:00 am
'Superbug' was transmitted via endoscopes

by Anaxagoras » Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:10 am

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This is rather alarming because the hospital claims that they were cleaned following the manufacturer's instructions.

The other scary thing is just...

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This just in. A new virus has been discovered in Kentucky.

Bourbon virus belongs to a group of viruses called thogotoviruses. Viruses in this...

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Sat Feb 21, 2015 2:04 pm
Review of the evidence on GMOs

by Anaxagoras » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:07 pm

A quite worthy video on the subject.

JnGiKr90zu8

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Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:07 pm
Next thing, white people will be getting black blood

by whitefork » Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:19 pm

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File under it's about damn time

doesn't go far enough but it's a start.

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So TIL about Charles Drew, an African-American physician who did some very important work in developing the first blood banks. In fact, they even...

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Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:13 pm
9 People Infected With Measles

by Rob Lister » Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:15 pm

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ANAHEIM (CBSLA.com) — At least nine people have contracted measles after visiting Disneyland parks in Orange County over the holidays, the state...

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Autistic girl/woman/someone wins Internet. Apparently.

Rawr, anti-vaxxers. Rawr.

Original post apparently here:

I dunno. Awesome if true.

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Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:20 am
We should, like, live in harmony with nature man

by Nyarlathotep » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:02 pm

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Came across this gem of stupidity today...

viruse.jpg

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

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Recent science indicates that something like 70% of the DNA in your body is viral, and another 25% is bacterial. We're already complex bundles of...

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Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:22 pm
Verrrrry Interesting: Homeopathy Class Action Lawsuit

by Doctor X » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:12 pm

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From Stephen Barrett's QuackWatch :

Court enables homeopathic class-action suit to proceed

A California federal judge has denied Hyland's Inc's....

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Very good. Let's join the class.

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Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:22 pm
Bit of non-standard treatment gets NHS doc in trouble

by Zombie Abdul » Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:31 pm

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Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:14 am
Kenyan chips

by Witness » Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:16 am

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Thieves fry Kenya's power grid to cook fast food

The morning scene is increasingly routine for Kenyans. When it's time to start the day, the power...

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He does look like he has seen some shit.

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Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:49 am
Interesting article about flu drugs

by Anaxagoras » Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:37 am

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Do they really work? And are they actually worth it?

Why The CDC And FDA Are Telling You Two Different Things About Flu Drugs

First, just an...

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I think the major problem is recognizing the signs and symptoms quickly enough for the drug to work.

Easy if you work in a major dispenser of such...

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Last post by Doctor X
Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:49 am
AA

by DrMatt » Wed Jan 14, 2015 10:43 pm

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I have no dog directly in this race, though it affects some loved ones.

AA works no better than no care at all, about 5%

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I allowed myself to drink over Christmas week with some very strict rules and conditions and under Mrs. Camel's supervision. It wasn't a big deal to...

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Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:33 pm
Advancement in neural implants

by Tiosylanyl » Mon Jan 12, 2015 3:31 am

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Linkage.

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Really this is the way to go. To engage the reflexes to allow a patient to stand would greatly reduce the morbidities of paraplegia. They do not have...

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Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:14 am
Think yourself fit!

by SkepticalSemite » Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:11 pm

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We've been doing it all wrong!
Screw the gym! There be a conspiracy.. aye! :cowbell:
And here I was thinking muscles could only grow from steroids or...

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I'm trying to wean myself by cutting it progressively with ethanol…

And when you're fit, you can start thinking:

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Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:23 pm
The latest in bioethics -- Cancer is a good thing.

by Zombie Abdul » Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:58 pm

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Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:11 am
Schizophrenic dissociation is really cool and stuff.

by Zombie Abdul » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:07 am

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Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:02 pm
Executives Facing Life for Tainted Vaccines

by Doctor X » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:56 am

Looking up information I stumbl'd upon a SHUT UP!! He was young . . . and . . . needed the money:

{At least Gronk gives good head to pussy! }...

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Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:56 am
Annual thiomersal shot

by Pyrrho » Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:22 pm

I got mine. Conspiracy theorists claim that there are killed influenza viruses in it. Can't a person get mercury poisoning these days without all...

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Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:44 pm
You will accept ALL of the woo! Or Else!

by Nyarlathotep » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:37 am

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ALL OF IT!!

Top Organic Marketing Trustees Resign Because A Member Ridicules Homeopathy

Pretty much what it says in the headline. Some guy who...

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True. Hadn't thought of it that way

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Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:01 pm

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