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Gargantuan Man Has Tumor

HiveMind — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:42:22 -0800

He's got ginormous size, monstrous handles, and a floor-dunk. He also has a tumor. Fortunately for basketball fans, the kindness of strangers is what's saving Sun Ming Ming. (not related to the rich Ming).

People who drink to excess also tend to be chronic smokers

Blake — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:35:59 -0800

Speaking Of weight loss and exercise... Those who like their booze also like their nicotine. People who drink to excess also tend to be chronic smokers, and a new report suggests the combination of the two might prove more toxic than either one alone. a small study found chronic smoking + alcohol dependence = increased severity of brain damage. The frontal lobes (short-term storage sites) turn out to be the most damaged. A separate study used rats to show that alcoholism and excessive food intake may share the same chemical pathways in the brain. Forbes has the HealthDayNews report that focuses mainly on the smokes, MSNBC looks more at the eats. They also have an interesting Addictions Sections. Could it be that some folks are just prone to addictions and everyone settles on something different?

Funny lines

jozxyqk — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 05:46:13 -0800

Cartoons act like cocaine. *snort* (via PVP)

Phrenology makes a comeback.

phylum sinter — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 03:24:26 -0800

Phrenology makes a comeback.

Well, what about pain?...

troutfishing — Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:00:14 -0800

No Brainer - I've eaten a lot of Tofu in my day and was concerned about "brain-shrink". Then I found about this, and stopped worrying - Is your brain really necessary? Apparently not:

"...The student in question was academically bright, had a reported IQ of 126 and was expected to graduate. When he was examined by CAT-scan, however, Lorber discovered that he had virtually no brain at all." I'm hungry...where's that tofu?...

Pot Head

Ron — Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:41:58 -0800

Pot doesn't cause permanent brain damage? According to this University of California at San Diego study, no it doesn't even though other illegal drugs, even alcohol, can cause brain damage.

"...marijuana has only a marginally harmful long-term effect on learning and memory."

Music

adamms222 — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 05:34:56 -0800

Rock n Roll! We know that Sex and Drugs ain't good for us, but researchers at McGill University are using very fancy devices to learn how our brains react to music. (Probably not much to discuss, but it's an interesting article)

iconomy — Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:59:53 -0800

Musicians are really smart. They have larger and more sensitive brains than non-musicians, and their collective IQ is much higher. They have 130% more grey matter in one area of their auditory cortexes. The question of how this explains Ozzy Osbourne nonwithstanding, I'll bet if you're really, really smart, you could be one of the new members of Men Without Hats. Must be very knowledgeable in midi, sequences, and sampling.

bunnyfire — Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:25:07 -0800

The brain is like the Internet.... Scary, huh...especially since things can go wrong...

Alwin — Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:22:15 -0800

Brain Cells Used To Make Working Semiconductor "This is the first direct functional interfacing of a living neuronal network with an electronic semiconductor chip," said co-author Dr. Peter Fromherz of the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, Germany, in an interview with Reuters Health. "It is a further step on our road to combine the elements of brains and computers," he added.

tiaka — Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:12:28 -0800

Men listen with half-the-brain. Women, the whole. Now it's obvious that women are superior and it is inevitable that they will dominate the human race, kill off the male and live like those space Amazonians you saw in Star Trek. Yep.