Hair dryer in the bath not necessarily fatal - Canandian Family Physician Journal | www.cfp.ca.
Canadian doctors are advising against using this suicide method based on the physics of electrocution.
"In the bath, unless one is bathing in distilled water, the bath water is more conductive than the human body and the current would flow from the hair dryer to the ground through the water."
Image: Baby with IUD in hand"My mom claims that my aunt knows a woman that got pregnant while using an IUD as birth control and the baby was born holding the device in her hand. Is this an urban legend or could it be true?"
"The IUD is the world's most widely used method of reversible birth control, currently used by nearly 160 million women (just over two-thirds of whom are in China where it is the most widely used birth control method, surpassing sterilization). The device has to be fitted inside and removed from the uterus by a doctor or qualified medical practitioner. It remains in place the entire time pregnancy is not desired. Depending on the type, a single IUD is approved for 5 to 10 years, and trials have demonstrated the copper T 380A to be effective for at least 12 years."-Wikipedia.
This coed shower idea for a prank may have been inspired by the movie Carrie.
In this video we see an excellent example of syncope (fainting) which is defined as a temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased cerebral (brain) blood flow.
Video: Hidden Camera Coed Shower Prank
"Homer evolves from a single cell organism into a couch potato."
Video: The Simpsons - Homer Evolution
Will humans continue to evolve into intelligent creatures with really big brains like the Talosians?
The Future of Man-How Will Evolution Change Humans? - www.scientificamerican.com
"The fossil record of skull sizes over the past several thousand generations shows that our days of rapid increase in brain size are long over. Accordingly, most scientists a few years ago would have taken the view that human physical evolution has ceased. But DNA techniques, which probe genomes both present and past, have unleashed a revolution in studying evolution; they tell a different story."
Sexually transmitted disease, a popular target for medical jokes and parodies. Doctors recommend using protection but this video parody of Nelly Furtado's 'Promiscuous Girl' may be more convincing.
Video: MadTV - Promiscuous Girl Parody
"Don't get the wrong idea, I take the penicilin for my gonorhea. Hey, Syphilis Girl, I got your disease. I wanted your body, not your STDs."
Warning, not for the faint of heart.
A prank played on doctor demonstrating an autopsy. Is that person alive?
Autopsy Prank
Always check for a pulse first, especially when the anatomy lesson is about the carotid artery!
How to take a pulse?
"When taking the carotid pulse in the neck, be certain to take one side at a time!"
