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Man Suffers 9-Day Erection After Bruising Taint in Moped Accident

A man’s fall from a moped caused him much stranger trouble than anyone could have imagined. According to his doctors, a bruise near his genitals left him with a days-long erection—one that eventually required a trip to the emergency room to treat. Thankfully, doctors were able to resolve his awkward complication, and the patient had…

Health Ed Cara May 31

A Man’s Love of Licorice Tea Landed Him in the Emergency Room

One man’s hot tea habit turned out to be much less relaxing than he hoped, according to his doctors. An 84-year-old Canadian ended up in the emergency department with a serious case of high blood pressure, headache, and chest pain, with the only likely cause of his symptoms being his two weeks straight of drinking…

Health Ed Cara May 27

Man Chugs Erectile Dysfunction Drug, Ends Up With Permanently Red-Tinted Vision

One man’s experience with a common erectile dysfunction drug turned out to be a lot more eye-opening than he expected. According to his doctors, he developed a seemingly permanent red tint to his color vision after taking a massive dose of sildenafil citrate. Sildenafil is sold as a generic drug for erectile dysfunction as well…

Health Ed Cara Oct 2

If You Smell Things That Aren’t Really There, You’re Not Alone

A small but very real percentage of people often smell odors that aren’t actually there. About one in 15 Americans over the age of 40 regularly experience so-called phantom odors. But we have no idea why, according to a new study published Thursday in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. The study, led by researchers from…

Health Ed Cara Aug 17

Doctors Find Tapeworm Larvae in Spine of Woman Hobbled by ‘Electric Shocks’ in Legs

A tapeworm that normally infects barn animals and dogs came as a literal shock for one 35-year-old French woman, according to a case report published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine. The woman learned her three-month ordeal of worsening muscle weakness and electrical zaps in both legs was ultimately caused by worms that…

Health Ed Cara Jul 13

Struck By a Duck: The Strangest Codes in the US Medical Billing System

When you go to the doctor, there’s a medical code that determines how your treatment gets billed. Getting treated for urban rabies? Well, that’s distinct from woods-based sylvatic rabies, and your invoice will reflect that. Until today, the system in the US was the same one we used in the 1970s. But there’s a new…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Oct 1

Nose jobs have been around since the 16th century

And that is a scary, scary thing. A very old textbook shows how noses were re-shaped in the late fifteen hundreds. We think of plastic surgery as a relatively modern innovation. But actually, it’s been around for a long time. Over four hundred years ago, at least a few surgeons were already performing rhinoplasty. There…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 3

Man Suffers 9-Day Erection After Bruising Taint in Moped Accident

A Man’s Love of Licorice Tea Landed Him in the Emergency Room

Man Chugs Erectile Dysfunction Drug, Ends Up With Permanently Red-Tinted Vision

If You Smell Things That Aren’t Really There, You’re Not Alone

Doctors Find Tapeworm Larvae in Spine of Woman Hobbled by ‘Electric Shocks’ in Legs

Struck By a Duck: The Strangest Codes in the US Medical Billing System

Nose jobs have been around since the 16th century

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