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Yosemite. The word conjures up postcards and beautiful nature photography. Not anymore. It’s beginning to conjure up bad horror movie dealing with parasites and viruses. That’s right, kids… Yosemite’s hiding something creepy. Health officia
We’ve seen a LOT of weird things before in the medical field. But THIS? This is a whole new level. Back in 2009 a woman by the name of Shanyna Isom had an asthma attack. No biggie, right? Wrong. Isom experienced an allergic reaction to the
Imagine not being able to feel pain. Sounds great, right? Games of ‘Slug Bug’ or ‘Butt Ball’ would be much easier to handle, right? Stubbing your toe wouldn’t suck as much. Banging your head would never be an issue again. You’d feel like a
Feeling a little down lately? Maybe even depressed? Possibly eyeballing that extension cord in the garage and just thinking the world might be better off without you? Own a cat? Then it’s really not you. You’re worthwhile. Stick around and
Ola Enbagen of Gothenburg, Sweden casually went out to grab his morning paper from the post office box. As a bonus he got to see a cute little deer grazing quietly. Only there was something different about this deer. “He was looking straigh
In my country there is problem. And that problem is dead antelope. Three major die-offs of the antelope population have occurred in the past three years due to mysterious causes. In fact, each death boom happened almost exactly one year apa
Follow your nose! To a sexual partner not beset by disease! A Russian study found that men dealing with gonorrhea has less attractive smelling armpit sweat than those without, therefore deterring potential mates. In the study, armpit sweat
Stephen Mabbutt was diagnosed with superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS), which is a rare condition where sounds inside the body become very loud. Aside from hearing his own eyeballs roll in his head, he could hear his own heart beating
Wired has catalogued the worst diseases you can catch underground. They are, in no particular order: Histoplasmosis – also known as Cave Disease or Spelunker’s Lung, is caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and primarily affects the l
A graduate student attending the University of Georgia has created a 52-minute album featuring musically transcribed HIV afflicted DNA. On sale now at Amazon! [Amazon via reader Tess]
“Why do I need to buy windshield wiper fluid?” wheezed the Cheapest Man in the World. “I’m just going to shoot it out on the street!” As it turns out, those who try and use tap water to clean the bug incrusted looking glass are likely poiso
It took 2,500 years but investigators finally cracked the case of out what killed an Egyptian woman. What makes this particularly interesting is how recent DNA extraction techniques made it possible to extract fragments of tuberculosis bact
Medicine Net.com: A syndrome of distorted space, time and body image. The patient with the Alice in Wonderland syndrome has a feeling that their entire body or parts of it have been altered in shape and size. The syndrome is usually associa
Time to get your shots in order, we are delving into the weirdest diseases in the world on this week’s edition of WTitW. Here are the rules: – The disease has to be medically verified. – The visual the better. – This is NOT a contest for th
Image Credit: j_naturalia_2 We know what you’re thinking, and no the Bird People have not decided to rise up against their human overlords….yet. The photo above depicts an individual fashioning the get up Plague Doctors wore when visiting p