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Do You Have HIPSTER Disease?

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:01:45 +0000

Finally, a medication that denizens all over Brooklyn, San Francisco and Portland have been waiting for! Or at least, we hope they’ve been waiting for it. Allow us to introduce you to Unpretentiousil — a “doctor recommended” medicine said to cure that pesky HIPSTER disease that appears to be spreading like wildfire throughout our culture. Standing [...]

Aimee Copeland, Student Suffering from Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Shows Signs of Improvement

Donald Deane — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:05:25 +0000

Aimee Copeland, a Georgia student who contracted a deadly flesh-eating disease after sustaining a zip line injury, is on the mend, according to reports. The 24-year-old still remains in critical condition, however, and requires a ventilator to breathe. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player During a kayaking trip in Georgia on May 1st, Copeland was riding [...]

Man Hit With $44 Million Hospital Bill After Bout of Pneumonia

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:02:44 +0000

Alexis Rodriguez had quite a shock when he opened his hospital bill, and it almost gave him another reason to visit the hospital. After being treated for pneumonia, his bill for outpatient services to the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital totaled exactly $44, 776,587.

Canadian Cancer Researchers Lipdub Taio Cruz's 'Dynamite' for Charity [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:43:01 +0000

These doctors and researchers at the Goodman Cancer Research Center in Montreal did a lipdub of Taio Cruz's 'Dynamite' for charity. With each hit sponsor Medicom will donate money for cancer research.

Little Girl's Touching Reaction to Her New Face After Cleft Lip Surgery [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:35:39 +0000

Left untreated, a cleft lip dooms a child to a lifetime of emotional and physical difficulties. It's a also relatively easy condition to fix, and the organization Operation Smile has made it their mission to provide free surgery to needy children around the world who suffer from cleft lip and other facial deformities.

In this heartwarming video you can see a young Brazilian girl's shocked and overjoyed first reaction to her new face after getting cleft lip surgery. You might want to grab a box of tissues before watching. (And you can donate to Operation Smile here.)

Sperm Donor Has Fathered at Least 150 Kids

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:56:46 +0000

Think you come from a big family? Think again.

A woman whose son was conceived using donated sperm has learned the same donor has fathered at least 150 other children, with more yet to be counted.

Man Impaled Through Eye by Pruning Shears, Retains Sight [PICTURE, VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:21:41 +0000

86-year-old LeRoy Luetscher dropped his pruning shears while gardening, and tripped and fell when he went to pick them up. In a horrifying mishap, the handle of the shears entered into his right eye-socket and made its way all the way to the middle of his neck. After being rushed to get medical attention, the [...]

15-Year-Old Girl Is the Youngest Person to Get a Bionic Hand [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:19:39 +0000

12 years after losing her fingers as a result of sepsis brought on by chicken pox, 15-year-old Chloe Holmes has become the youngest person in Europe (and the first outside of America) to be fitted with bionic fingers. The device, created by Touch Bionics of Scotland, cost just north of $50,000 but the improvements to [...]