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So did you hear the one of the man who took a home pregnancy test and it came back positive? Might sound like an urban legend but it is indeed a story of truth. And consequence. It’s also the story of finding cancer in a very early stage. Cartoonist...
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In Pakistan, a baby born born with six legs has survived a grueling operation to remove those that weren’t his. Doctors say the abnormality was most likely caused by a parasitic twin who didn’t develop fully. In cases like this the twin attaches itself to the other fetus, growing...
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A 52-year old New Jersey man says he feels like he “won the lottery” after accidentally shooting a 4 inch nail in his chest and living to tell the tale. Dennis Hennis, a builder, was working with his 28-year old son when his nail gun jammed. At that point...
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It’s the stuff of nightmares – a mother’s worst nightmare. A hospital in China mistakenly thought a newborn baby was dead and disposed of it without a proper examination. Lui Dongmei was rushed to hospital in Foshun with internal bleeding and stomach cramps. She was in labour and although...
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It looks quite… um… disgusting but 20-year old Yongjun Wang is probably very happy his finger is attached to his stomach. The furniture worker in China’s Liaoning Province was rushed to hospital after chopping off part of his finger while using an electrical saw. The gravity of the damage...
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Lest you thought that the reviewers at Urology were born without a sense of humor (that much is still up for debate)… The screaming face that you see above you came from ultrasound images of the scrotum of a 45-year-old male (obvious and redundant statement (only males have scrota...
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When it comes to medical mysteries the story of Ngyeun Thi Phuong’s rapid aging is up at the top of them. At 21, she looked like a Vietnamese princess on her wedding day. Now 5 years later she’s only 26 but her body has aged 50 years. And it...
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In Campbell River, British Columbia, the Edwards are happy to welcome their fifth child to the fold. They are even more ecstatic that the baby boy was delivered by the eldest, 12-year old Gaelan. As the story goes, Gaelan was watching T.V. when he heard his mom wake up,...
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Sweet sassy molassey, that looks absolutely horrific. If you’ve ever wondered what a CT scan of a pair of pruning shears impaled in a man’s head looks like, there you go. Leroy Luetscher, an 86-year-old gentleman from Tuscon, Ariz., was tending his garden on July 30 when he accidentally...
So did you hear the one of the man who took a home pregnancy test and it came back positive? Might sound like an urban legend but it is indeed a story of truth. And consequence. It’s also the story of finding cancer in a very early stage. Cartoonist...
In Pakistan, a baby born born with six legs has survived a grueling operation to remove those that weren’t his. Doctors say the abnormality was most likely caused by a parasitic twin who didn’t develop fully. In cases like this the twin attaches itself to the other fetus, growing...
A 52-year old New Jersey man says he feels like he “won the lottery” after accidentally shooting a 4 inch nail in his chest and living to tell the tale. Dennis Hennis, a builder, was working with his 28-year old son when his nail gun jammed. At that point...
It’s the stuff of nightmares – a mother’s worst nightmare. A hospital in China mistakenly thought a newborn baby was dead and disposed of it without a proper examination. Lui Dongmei was rushed to hospital in Foshun with internal bleeding and stomach cramps. She was in labour and although...
It looks quite… um… disgusting but 20-year old Yongjun Wang is probably very happy his finger is attached to his stomach. The furniture worker in China’s Liaoning Province was rushed to hospital after chopping off part of his finger while using an electrical saw. The gravity of the damage...
When it comes to medical mysteries the story of Ngyeun Thi Phuong’s rapid aging is up at the top of them. At 21, she looked like a Vietnamese princess on her wedding day. Now 5 years later she’s only 26 but her body has aged 50 years. And it...
In Campbell River, British Columbia, the Edwards are happy to welcome their fifth child to the fold. They are even more ecstatic that the baby boy was delivered by the eldest, 12-year old Gaelan. As the story goes, Gaelan was watching T.V. when he heard his mom wake up,...
Sweet sassy molassey, that looks absolutely horrific. If you’ve ever wondered what a CT scan of a pair of pruning shears impaled in a man’s head looks like, there you go. Leroy Luetscher, an 86-year-old gentleman from Tuscon, Ariz., was tending his garden on July 30 when he accidentally...