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Pregnancy Test Leads To Cancer Diagnosis For Reddit User

T-Rav — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:15:52 +0000

When it comes pregnancy tests, why should ladies have all the fun? One Reddit user decided to take a pregnancy test, and got a shocking diagnosis from it. Reddit user CappnPoopdeck (best screen name ever?) found a pregnancy test his ex-girlfriend left at his house. As a joke he decided to take the test and when [...]

Fungal Meningitis Cases Rise After Contamination, No Cases Locally

T-Rav — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:38:09 +0000

Earlier last week it was announced that patients at a local hospital may have received a contaminated steroid shot. They rushed to contact the over 500 people who got injections and may have come in contact with fungal meningitis, the contaminant. While there have been no reported cases of anyone contracting the disease locally (as of yet), 7 have died [...]

Cardinals Player Has Rib Removed, Gives It To His Child

T-Rav — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:59:42 +0000

It might seem that your kids ask for a lot. But at least they’re not asking for surgically removed parts of your body, like that Damien kid from The Omen. St. Louis Cardinals player Chris Carpenter had surgery to alleviate pressure building up on his pitching arm. Doctors removed one of his ribs as part of the procedure. [...]

Heart Transplant Patient Doing Fine After Organ Dropped

T-Rav — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:44:52 +0000

In Mexico, you can have margaritas made in your mouth and catch women doing unspeakable things with donkeys. So its a no-brainier why the country may not be the best place to get an organ transplant. Proving that the five-second rule can totally apply to organ transplants, a Mexican woman is doing remarkably well after the [...]

That Doesn't Belong There

T-Rav — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:58:15 +0000

We've heard the rumors. People have gotten some strange things stuck in places they don't belong. We all saw what Ryan Dunn did with that Hot Wheel car in the Jackass movie. And now three doctors have gotten together to tell their story.

Umm…Thanks Science?

T-Rav — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:36:03 +0000

When they could be out there, working on flying cars or curing cancer, Scientists have only given us another disappointment. In a new paper, that can be found in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, Professor Li Zhang and a group of American Scientists declared that they are working on a form of marijuana that would [...]