Gee: http://dermatology.cdlib.org/124/case_presentations/pseudomamma/conde.html
Gee: enjoy!

How I could resist such temptation? I clicked on the link and loaded the following page: “Pseudomamma on the foot: An unusual presentation of supernumerary breast tissue.” Great. What the hell does that mean? I scrolled down a bit, and saw the following pictures to which I concordantly started cracking up:

A 22-year-old woman sought medical care for a lesion in the plantar region of her left foot, a well-formed nipple surrounded by areola and hair. Microscopic examination of the dermis showed hair follicles, eccrine glands, and sebaceous glands. Fat tissue was noted at the base of the lesion. Clinical and histopathologic findings were consistent with the diagnosis of supernumerary breast tissue, also known as pseudomamma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of supernumerary breast tissue on the foot.

Don’t really understand all that medical mumbo jumbo? That’s ok. Let me translate. She has a foot boob. That’s right, hair on the nipple and everything. There’s basically real breast tissue on her foot — no superfluous fake third nipple here. That there is a real boob.

Tagged: Foot, Boobs, AHAHHA

First, the general definition:

Brain freeze, ice cream headache, freezie Frozen Brain Syndrome or it’s given scientific name Spheno Palatine Gangleoneuralgia are terms used to describe a form of cranial pain or headache which people are known to sometimes experience after consuming cold beverages or foods such as ice cream or slurpees, often as a result of rapid consumption.

And the cause:

The reaction can be sometimes triggered within a few seconds after a very cold substance consumed comes into contact with the roof of the mouth. The body’s response to cold environments is to to reduce the diameter of blood vessels. This is in place to reduce blood flow to the area, and thus minimize heat loss to keep warmth at the body’s core. The return to normal status and artery size results in massive dilation of the arteries that supply the palate. The nerves in the region of the palate sense this pain and transmit the sensation of this pain back to the trigeminal ganglia. This results in pain that is referred to the forehead and below the orbit. (Edited slightly to be read easily)

What to do to relieve the pain?

It has been reported that the pain can be relieved by moving the tongue to the roof of the mouth, which will cause greater warmth in the region; it is also believed that the pain can be relieved by slowly sipping room temperature water. Laying the head to the side may also provide relief.

And look, I’m not the only one who has trouble having brain freezes!

It has been estimated that 30% of the population experiences brain freeze. Some studies suggest that brainfreeze is more common in people who experience migraines.

I hope this time was as informative for you as it was for me. Until next time kiddies!

via Wikipedia

Tagged: Brain Freeze

The Green Electronic scorecards are in. And it’s time for all you Apple owning hippies to turn in your tree hugger membership cards. Yup, your hemp made cards will be collectively burned (a controlled natural fire of course) because you thought you were cool and different for owning an Apple. Little did you know, you were slowly posioning little chipmunks and mutating platypuses when you were browsing the web on your macbook for a list of acceptable vegan ingrediants for some yummy brownies. That’s right. Your Apple is far from green.

Greenpeace just released their Green Electronics Guide that rank mobile and PC (and Mac) makers on “their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers.” Apple ranked 11 out of 14 companies. Rank number 1? Dell. With a score of 7. (Tied with Nokia). To compare, Apple scored an impressive 2.7, receiving the lowest marks in most categories.

While I’ve heard the cries for Apple to improve their products enviromentally, I’m quite surprised by their ranking compared to other companies. Apple is supposed to be the leader of innovation and that kind of stuff. The kind of stuff that makes the world happy. Apparently not. It makes the world feel emo at most. But wait. Apple loves the emos. It all makes sense now.

Anyways, it’s great that a number of companies are making conscious efforts to minimize their impact on the environment, but the bottom line is that they all have a lot of room for improvements.

VIA TUAW

Tagged: Apple, Greenpeace, electronics, environment, hemp, yummy brownies

Emiliano Mercado del Toro, who was a boy when the United States seized Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898, attributed his long life to a healthy diet and avoiding alcohol.

“I never damaged my body with liquor,” said Mercado, who quit a 76-year smoking habit when he was 90.

No word on how many drugs he did or did not do, but we’re guessing he didn’t inhale.

via BoingBoing

Tagged: Guinness World Book of Records, Oldest Man

If you are dogged by the sniffles at this time of year, regular love-ins could work wonders for your immunity — condoms and all. Psychologists have found that people who have sex once or twice a week have levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA) that are up to a third higher than their more restrained peers. IgA is an antibody that boosts the immune system and is the first line of defence against colds and flu.

Sex also seems to protect against depression, heart disease and even cancer. It also lowers your blood pressure and makes you look younger. Apparently, there’s also something in the article about semen containing mood enhancers for women. Uh, yeah, that’s a little sketchy–making me think that part was added in by a guy.
But yeah, besides the semen thing, it looks like sex is an all-around good activity. Hey, you even get a workout out of it. Hooray!

Read Article [The Age] (Yeah, I don’t get the article title either)

Tagged: Sex, Health

However, there is growing concern over a Mumps epidemic in Iowa that may be spreading throughout the midwestern United States. There are 515 suspected cases of the kissing disease (see, the title wasn’t totally off-topic) reported in Iowa. As of Monday, Nebraska has 43 reported cases; Kansas, 33; Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin, four; and one in Minnesota.

Mumps is a virus-caused illness spread by coughing and sneezing. The most common symptoms are fever, headache and swollen salivary glands under the jaw. But it can lead to more severe problems, such as hearing loss, meningitis and fertility-diminishing swollen testicles.

That list bit scares the bejeesus out of me: “fertility-diminishing swollen testicles.” That’s just mean.

On the brighter side of things, no one has died in this epidemic. In other good news, my testicles should be safe here in New York–far, far away from those kissy-faced Midwesterners.

Read Article [NY Times]

Tagged: Epidemic, Medicine, Kissing