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Fat or thin, everyone fibs, eats three extra cheeseburgers daily – UK study
Everyone eats the equivalent of three extra cheeseburgers a day than they admit – regardless of their waistline, researchers have revealed. The study shows...
Remote medical diagnoses: Putin has Parkinsonʼs and Biden has dementia
Over the past few months, Russian leader President Vladimir Putin has been remotely diagnosed in the Western media with enough grim diseases to fill...
‘Drunken monkey’ hypothesis sheds light on human taste for booze
A University of California, Berkeley, study of black-handed spider monkeys in Panama shows that they seek out and eat fruit that is ripe enough...
Cannabis for better sex? Here’s what the science says
The research is thin, but anecdotal experience in the United States suggests that the right dose and delivery method of cannabis can make a...
Mike Tyson moves from biting ears to selling them
More than two decades after Mike Tyson bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield’s ear at the 1997 WBA Heavyweight Championship fight, the legendary...
Australian man breathalysed at 5x the alcohol limit on a lawnmower
An Australian man has blown almost five times over the legal blood alcohol limit on after he was caught driving a ride-on lawnmower on...
It’s not rocket science that brain surgeons are no brighter than most of us — BMJ
Aerospace engineers and brain surgeons are not necessarily brighter than the general population, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. The study...
Man gives up drinking and instead binges on a kilo of assorted hardware
After giving up alcohol, a Lithuanian man over a month swallowed more than a kilogram of nails, screws, nuts and knives, which had to...
Noakes and Madhi skirmish over vaccines and getting a med school fees refund
Wits University professor of vaccinology Dr Shabir Madhi and emeritus professor at the University of Cape Town Tim Noakes heated up Twitter with a...
Plastic surgeon appears in 'virtual court' from operating theatre
A plastic surgeon has appeared in a live streamed video conference for a traffic violation trial in the US while operating.
The Sacramento Bee reports...
Cannabis activists launch ‘Joints for Jabs’ to encourage COVID-19 vaccination
Cannabis activist group DC Marijuana Justice plans to offer weed gift bags to people who get the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States capital...
Dr Pimple Popper: It's medicine, but not as we know it, Jim…
There's big money being made in dispensing advice on social media platforms, with the estimated earnings of Dr 'Pimple Popper' Sandra Lee in the...
Trump's 2016 victory linked to poorer mental health among Clinton voters
There were 54.6m more days of poor mental health among adults in states that voted for Hillary Clinton in December 2016, compared to October...
Some of the world's more idiotic COVID-19 rules
Travel writer Oliver Smith describes in The Daily Telegraph some of the more idiotic rules and regulations introduced worldwide in the name of science....
Wanted: A GP couple for perhaps the UK's most remote medical practice
Only 134 patients to take care of, but the remoteness of this Inner Hebrides practice may mean the occasional assistance of Dr YouTube...
Did you hear…
Have you heard that the inventor of homeopathy died? ApparentLy a massive underdose.
2019 Ig Nobels: Training surgeons like dogs
A study showing that a common technique used for training dogs can be used to make better surgeons, is one of the winners...
Tourettes Charity wants comedian to apologise for award-winning joke
A charity for people with Tourette's syndrome has asked a comedian to apologise for his award-winning joke made at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. BBC...
NHS staff cautioned on 'edible gifts' after cannabis cake thank-you
A patient’s grateful family gave nurses a thank-you cake — left over from a grandson's birthday party — not realising it was laced with...
Leonardo da Vinci's lack of perseverance 'explained by ADHD'
Leonardo da Vinci produced some of the world's most iconic art, but historical accounts show that he struggled to complete his works. And now...
Be especially careful of Santa impersonators on toboggans
A data analysis of US Christmas season injuries found that 277 children were hurt during interactions with a Santa impersonator – for example, by...
Auto-surgery for the DIY enthusiast
Auto-surgery is not a frequent occurrence, especially in modern times. However, it does happen, and a Medical News Today catalogues some extreme examples.
Cardiac catheterisation – Werner...
'Licence to Swill' leaves 007 needing medical care — NZ study
James Bond, the martini-swilling British secret agent, suffers from chronic alcohol use disorder and should have been provided with professional help by MI6, according...
World leaders who have to prove they are not dead
It is one of the stranger occupational hazards for world leaders: that at some point in their career they may have to deny reports...
Doctors swallow Lego blocks in 'the noble tradition of self-experimentation'
A team of UK and Australian doctors who swallowed Lego and timed how long it took to pass through their bowels say the results...
Kidney stone removal roller-coaster wins Ig Nobel for Medicine
Riding on some types of roller-coaster is an effective way of removing kidney stones, according to an actual US study, which has won this...
Selfies distort nose size, sparking demands for plastic surgery
People take billions of selfies every day without realising the distortive effects of the camera's close proximity, prompting many to develop a skewed self-image...
BMJ pulls paper after couple object to pics of their buttocks in the tabloids
The British Medical Journal has pulled a paper on parasitic worms after the subjects of the study objected when photos of their buttocks were...
In defence of 'man flu'
The fight against the ridicule of 'man flu' has been taken up by a doctor who delved into the issue after growing tired of...
Crash test dummies, like Americans, are putting on weight
As the US population gets older and fatter, the crash-test dummies used to test the cars people drive are changing, too, with the most...