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Man has heart attack while eating at The Heart Attack Grill

If you weigh over 350 pounds, you can eat at the Heart Attack Grill for free (according to the Las Vegas eatery’s slogan). But if you should keel over, gripping your chest in agony, while scarfing down a triple bypass burger (that’s what the monstrosity pictured up top is called), don’t expect any of the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Scientists Find the Bare Minimum Exercise You Need to Get Fit

We all know we need to exercise to stay fit and healthy, but sometimes it’s difficult to find the time. Don’t worry: scientists have worked out the minimum amount of exercise you can get away with in order to get fit. The New York Times reports that a group of researchers are turning health and…

Health Jamie Condliffe

Sleeping Better Now Helps Prevent Memory Loss When You’re Old

If you’re one of those people who battles through all-nighters, parties hard only to rise early, or has plain old insomnia, I have some bad news for you. Scientists have shown that sleep deprivation in early adult life is linked to memory problems when you’re old. According to a report by Science Daily, the amount…

Health Jamie Condliffe

App-Connected Toothbrush Makes Sure You Keep Your Smile Sparkling

The next time you skip brushing your teeth before going to bed, make sure you’re not using the Beam Brush. It tracks your dental hygiene habits with a Bluetooth connection to your smartphone, reminding you of your negligence. The first version of the toothbrush, which is promised sometime next month for around $50, will simply…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Bacteria Battling Water Bottle Uses a UV Blasting Cap

Camelbak’s best known for its water-filled backpacks, but instead of focusing on just hydration, the company’s new All Clear bottle incorporates a bacteria eliminating ultraviolet cap for those times when you have to fill up from a non-filtered source. Instead of replaceable filters or chemical additives, to purify 25 ounces of water all you have…

Health Andrew Liszewski

The St. Valentine’s Day Rollerdisco Massacre of 2008 = Important Medical Research

In 2008, Liverpool University decided to commemorate Valentine’s Day with a festive rollerdisco party. Little did the organizers know this party would be immortalized in a keystone piece of medical research, the 2008 paper “The University Rollerdisco: An unusual cause of a major incident” in the journal Injury Extra. According to the researchers, that evening…

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A US government program secretly injected people with plutonium

The horrors of the nuclear age, in terms of exploding reactors and nuclear bombs, are well known. Behind the well-publicized threat of mass death lies a secret history of nuclear projects being used to destroy individuals. In the late 1940s, United States citizens were injected with plutonium without their knowledge. Top image: AXL/Shutterstock.com In early…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Driving stoned doubles your risk of a serious car crash

Evidence suggests that driving high may be less dangerous than driving drunk, but driving stoned is still driving impaired — and assuming otherwise could get you killed. https://gizmodo.com/legalizing-marijuana-could-reduce-traffic-fatalities-5864321 A new paper, published in this week’s British Medical Journal, revealed that smoking pot within few hours of driving was associated with a nearly two-fold risk of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Zinc could be a wonder drug after all, just not for the disease we thought

The effectiveness of zinc as a treatment for colds is hotly debated, but it appears the element might have a major role in saving lives — with a completely different disease. A new report published in BMC Medicine suggests that zinc supplements might significantly improve the survival rate of young children with pneumonia. Researchers at…

io9 Tim Barribeau

SUV-Sized Treadmill Pool Provides Awkward-Looking Workouts

I understand that not everyone has the room or budget for a real pool, but even a weekly trip to the YMCA has to be a better alternative than this tethered Swimmer’s Treadmill which trades your dignity for fitness. When fully assembled the pool has a footprint about the size of an SUV, so it’s…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Gonorrhea is becoming untreatable

Gonorrhea is the second-most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in the United States. But no biggie, right? It’s not like it’s HIV or herpes — you know, one of those STDs that sticks with you for life. Just pop some antibiotics and you’re good to go, right? Wrong. SciAm’s Christine Gorman gives you the lowdown…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Genetic weapons could kill only the people you hate

Bacillus anthraces — more commonly known as anthrax — is not to be trifled with. Once the bacterium enters the blood stream, it releases a lethal cocktail of toxins that spreads rapidly throughout the body, leading to severe tissue damage, bleeding, and respiratory collapse. The fact that anthrax spores can infect a host via inhalation…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives (UPDATED)

There are no hospitals in space. The closest E.R. is back on Earth, and astronauts can’t exactly jump in a cab to get there. So what happens if the sun burps out a massive blast of radiation while an astronaut is space-amblin’ by? The NASA Biocapsule—made of carbon nanotubes—will be able to “diagnose” and instantly…

Health Brent Rose

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

Why haven’t we cured cancer yet? It seems like almost every day, we hear about another miraculous advance in cancer treatment. Drugs that cause tumors to shrink, gene therapies, and even a possible vaccine. And yet, our loved ones keep dying of cancer. We spoke to cancer experts to find out why the death rate…

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Playing In the Sand Could Make You Pay On the Toilet

Some people go to the beach but eschew going into the water because it’s “gross”. If that’s you, then you are a sucker. According to a new EPA study, playing in the sand more than doubles your chances of getting sick. The study, which was a collaboration between the EPA, UNC Chapel Hill, and Johns…

Health Brent Rose

Purify Your Water With a Burnt Stick

It uses the same principle as your Brita filter to purify water, but Black+Blum’s Eau Good bottle does it with way more style using a stick of charcoal that’s always visible through the bottle’s lovely curves. Known as Binchotan, the black stick is a type of carbon made from tree branches, which the Japanese have…

Health Andrew Liszewski

10 Reasons to go Back to Bed

It’s Monday. For most of us, that means it’s back to the grind — whether that grind be work, school, or some other scheduled obligation. Unfortunately for weekend warriors everywhere, these obligations typically require us to get up earlier than we’d choose if it were up to us. But sleep is important — and not…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

USB-Powered Massager Can Knead to the Beat of Your Tunes

Osim is best known for their far from portable massage chairs. So for relief on the go the company created this electronic muscle stimulator called the uPixie that’s powered and controlled by a USB dongle. Like any EMS massager the uPixie uses pads attached to the skin which stimulate your muscles through small electrical currents,…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Massage Feels Good Because It Changes Your Gene Expression

Stiff muscles definitely benefit from a rub down, but scientists have never quite known why. Now, a team of researchers has shown that it works by changing your gene expression — quite literally, your body is hard-coded to release pain-easing chemicals when you’re massaged. If you listen to people in the world of alternative medicine,…

Health Jamie Condliffe

Bacteria-Killing Plasma Torches Could Make Raw Food Safer Without Cooking It

When it comes to kitchen safety, raw chicken can be even more dangerous than a sharp knife because of bacteria like salmonella. But a new study reveals that cold plasma torches could eliminate those harmful pathogens, without cooking the food. The study, conducted by food researchers at Drexel University, found that normal levels of harmful…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Man has heart attack while eating at The Heart Attack Grill

Scientists Find the Bare Minimum Exercise You Need to Get Fit

Sleeping Better Now Helps Prevent Memory Loss When You’re Old

App-Connected Toothbrush Makes Sure You Keep Your Smile Sparkling

Bacteria Battling Water Bottle Uses a UV Blasting Cap

The St. Valentine’s Day Rollerdisco Massacre of 2008 = Important Medical Research

A US government program secretly injected people with plutonium

Driving stoned doubles your risk of a serious car crash

Zinc could be a wonder drug after all, just not for the disease we thought

SUV-Sized Treadmill Pool Provides Awkward-Looking Workouts

Gonorrhea is becoming untreatable

Genetic weapons could kill only the people you hate

The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives (UPDATED)

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

Playing In the Sand Could Make You Pay On the Toilet

Purify Your Water With a Burnt Stick

10 Reasons to go Back to Bed

USB-Powered Massager Can Knead to the Beat of Your Tunes

Massage Feels Good Because It Changes Your Gene Expression

Bacteria-Killing Plasma Torches Could Make Raw Food Safer Without Cooking It

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