Neck Stretching Causes 28-Year-Old Man to Suffer Major Stroke
Everyone feels the need to stretch their neck every once in a while, but in rare cases it can cause more than a satisfying pop. A 28-year-old Oklahoma man ended up in the hospital after tearing his vertebral artery by stretching his neck to alleviate neck soreness. Josh Hader was working from his home in Guthrie, […]
Man Claims Cheap Dog Deworming Medicine Cured His Terminal Cancer
An Oklahoma man who was once diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer and told hat he only had three months live claims he is now tumor-free thanks to a $5 deworming drug usually meant for dogs. Joe Tippens was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer in 2016. Despite undergoing treatment for the disease, by January of 2017, […]
This Thai Hospital Gives You Instant Six-Pack Abs
The aptly-named Masterpiece Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, recently went viral for offering a plastic surgery procedure that gives patients instant six-pack abs. Despite what many gym-addicts will tell you, getting defined six-pack abs is really hard, and for some of us downright impossible. No matter how much we work out, we just can’t seem to […]
The True Story of a Man Who Survived Without Eating for 382 Days
Fasting for over a year sounds like the stuff of legends and many actually consider it an urban legend, but an old medical journal offers scientific proof that there once was a man who didn’t eat anything for 382 days and lived to tell the tale. A case study published in the 1973 edition of […]
Golden Blood – The World’s Rarest and Most Precious Blood Type
Golden Blood, or Rh-null blood is an extremely rare blood type that has only been identified in 43 people around the world in the last 50 years. It is sought after both for scientific research and blood transfusions, but also incredibly dangerous to live with for the people who have it, because of its scarcity. […]
Woman Left Partially Paralyzed After Involuntary Neck Cracking Causes Stroke
Natalie Kuniciki, a 23-year-old paramedic from London, UK, was left partially paralyzed after her vertebral artery burst when she involuntarily cracked her neck, causing a blood clot to trigger a stroke in her brain. We all crack our joints every once in a while, whether accidentally or on purpose, but apart from that satisfying “pop” sound, […]
Woman Swallows 5-Inch Spoon While Using It to Dislodge Fish Bone Stuck in Her Throat
Doctors in Shenzen, China recently performed an emergency endoscopy to remove a 13-centimeter metal spoon from a woman’s duodenum, after she accidentally swallowed it while trying to dislodge a fish bone from her throat. The reckless patient, known only as Lily, reportedly swallowed the stainless steel spoon before the Qingming Festival on April 5, but […]
Man Who Spent 50 Hours at Internet Cafe Was Actually Left Paralyzed by Stroke
A 42-year-old man in Shenzen, China, was recently hospitalized with a stroke after the staff at a local internet cafe noticed that he hadn’t got up from his seat in 50 hours. According to CCTV footage, the unnamed man arrived at the internet cafe on the morning of March 31st and never once got up […]
Doctors Find Four Bees Living in Woman’s Eye, Feeding on Her Tears
In a medical case that doctors have called a “world’s first”, a Taiwanese woman was found to have four live sweat bees living in her eye, feeding on her tears. The patient, referred to only as Ms. He, was reportedly tidying up a relative’s grave at the cemetery by pulling out weeds when a gust […]
Woman Goes to Bed with Flat Stomach, Wakes Up with Baby Bump, Gives Birth 45 Minutes Later
A 19-year-old woman from the UK went from having no idea she was pregnant to giving birth to a healthy baby girl, literally overnight, after going to bed with a flat stomach and waking up with a full-on baby bump. On the morning of July 17, 2018, 19-year-old Emmalouise Leggate got the shock of her […]
Woman May Have Suffered Permanent Brain Damage After Going on Liquid Diet for Three Weeks
An Israeli woman in her 40s was recently admitted to the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv with possibly irreversible brain damage after being on a fruit juice and water diet for three weeks. The unidentified woman, who weighed less than 40 kilograms and was in bad physical shape due to the severe salt imbalance caused […]
Woman Injects Fruit Juice Directly into Her Bloodstream, Suffers Multiple Organ Damage
A Chinese woman obsessed with unconventional health treatments can consider herself lucky to be alive after she injected the juice of 20 types of fruit directly into her bloodstream. The 51-year-old woman, surnamed Zeng, had apparently become obsessed with leading a healthy lifestyle to the point where she didn’t shy away from trying things most people […]
Man Falls Asleep Listening to Music with Earbuds On, Wakes Up Deaf in One Ear
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Taiwan’s Asia University Hospital recently reported the case of a student who fell asleep while listening to music with earbuds on and woke up completely deaf in one year. The popularity of headphones and earbuds has skyrocketed right alongside that of smartphones, with people using them pretty much everywhere, either […]
Woman Eats Live Bugs Every Day as a Way to Prevent Cancer
A California woman swallows about five live Chinese weevils every day as a way to prevent the growth of cancerous tumors and boost her immune system. Marcela Iglesias, a mother-of three from Los Angeles, California, believes that consuming live Chinese Weevils every day could be the best way to prevent cancer, treat chronic pain, arthritis and […]
Woman Who Always Set Phone’s Screen Brightness to Max Ends Up with 500 Tiny Holes on Her Cornea
A young woman from Taiwan who had been using her smartphone at maximum screen brightness for two years ended up with serious damage to her left eye, including around 500 small holes on her cornea. The 25-year-old woman, surnamed Chen, works as a secretary, a job that requires her to frequently check her phone and […]