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		<title>The Tree Man &#8211; Not For The Weak-Hearted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 15 years old, Dede Koswara was learning to be a fisherman.  He was learning how to build things.  He was a happy boy living in Indonesia.  Then he cut his knee.  It was all downhill from there.
His knee took a long time to heal, and a wart formed where the abrasion used to be.  [...]


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		<title>Scary Medical Practices &#8211; Lobotomies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do Gottlieb Burckhardt, Egas Moniz, and Walter Freeman have in common?  Other than the fact that I had never heard of them before researching this topic, it turns out that they were all dudes who lobotomized their patients.
photo by OpenSkyMedia
A lobotomy is a brain surgery that cuts the connectors between the front bits and [...]


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		<title>The Bible Bump &#8211; A Not-So-Weird Ailment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody really knows why they occur, but every now and then people get a weird little bump on their wrist or ankle that feels sort of like a swollen node, but it&#8217;s not.  It&#8217;s a cyst, it&#8217;s a Ganglion Cyst, also called a &#8220;Bible Bump.&#8221;
Wikipedia says that it&#8217;s likely a valve problem with the joint [...]


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		<title>More Curiosity &#8211; Bagel Foreheads</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to my last post about art implants and body modification, I submit to you the bagel forehead &#8211; a craze sweeping the trendier clubs in Japan.

There is one encouraging thing about this practice.  If you don&#8217;t like it, at least it&#8217;s not permanent.  It is, however, probably painful.  The bulges like the [...]


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		<title>Art Implants &#8211; Bizarre Things People Do To Themselves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at BizarreMedical.com we talk a lot about weird diseases, a little bit about common diseases, and a little bit about the medical industry &#8211; both current and in bygone times.  One area we&#8217;ve stayed away from so far is body modification.  One reason is that people are sensitive about their bodies &#8211; both the [...]


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		<title>Roses in December &#8211; Hyperthymesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[J.M. Barrie once said &#8220;God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.&#8221;  Can you imagine remembering ALL the roses EVERY December?  Can you imagine remembering pretty much everything?  That&#8217;s what it is like for people who having Piking, or Hyperthymestic Syndrome.
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In an article for the Wisconsin Medical Society, Dr. [...]


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		<title>Understanding Staging Lung Cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding Staging Lung Cancer
Staging is the process by which once lung cancer is confirmed, the degree to which the cancer has established itself and how it presents in a patient is categorized.  This is essential if an appropriate and effective treatment regime is to be recommended and implemented in a lung cancer patient.
Staging is frequently [...]


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		<title>Explaining Medical Terminology Associated with Lung Cancer Treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Explaining Medical Terminology Associated with Lung Cancer Treatment
Medical terminology is baffling for any layman and when we are confronted with a condition as serious as lung cancer, it helps to relieve some of the stress if you understand some of the terminology.  Your doctor will help you with understanding what is happening and the treatment [...]


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		<title>Eat Dirt &#8211; You Might Want To If You Have Pica</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the fuss about H1N1 (also known as Swine Flu) out there, we thought you&#8217;d like to hear about a less scary, but very real disorder.  It&#8217;s called Pica, and it might make you want to eat dirt, chalk, clay, or some other non-food substance.

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The name &#8220;Pica&#8221; comes from the Latin [...]


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		<title>Trimethylaminuria &#8211; Something Smells Fishy Around Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo by &#124;[ sykez ]&#124;
The human body, when functioning properly, produces an enzyme called Flavin containing monooxygenase 3 (FM03).  When the body does not produce this enzyme, or if it doesn&#8217;t produce enough of it, the body is not able to break down trimethylamine.  See, normally trimethylamine goes through N-oxygenation to produce trimethylamine oxide.  Without [...]


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