Enlarge this image “The profession we love has been taken over,” psychiatrist and novelist Samuel Shem tells NPR, “with us sitting there in front of screens all day, doing data entry in a computer factory.” Catie Dull/NPR hide caption toggle caption Catie Dull/NPR “Don’t read The House of God,” one of my professors told me… Read More: Novelist Doctor Skewers Corporate Medicine In ‘Man’s 4th Best Hospital’… »
By Alice Klein In rare cases, someone’s gut can make its own alcohol from carbohydratesJack Andersen/Getty Images A man in the US has started producing beer in his gut after it accidentally became colonised by high levels of brewer’s yeast. The normally healthy 46-year-old began to experience mental fogginess, dizziness and memory loss in 2011… Read More: Man’s body brews its own beer after yeast take over… »
A Texas man will likely be home in time for the holidays after suffering a life-threatening heart attack while shopping for a car on Monday. In surveillance footage captured by 57 Auto Sales’ cameras, Robert Mauricio, 61, can be seen completing the car sale with his salesman Bernie Lopez. Suddenly, Mauricio, who has already had… Read More: Man’s near-fatal heart attack caught on car dealership camera »
by United Nations Photo Back in the day, asbestos was used in the construction of many buildings and places of business. Unknowing workers worked in these structures each day not know that there was danger lurking in the walls and ceiling. Some years later, they were diagnosed with a type of lung cancer that was… Read More: Mesothelioma: The Working Man’s Killer »