My health "insurer," Blue Shield of California, just sent me a helpful note about anxiety ( Read more... )

US Measles Outbreak Hits 15 States

I'm taking my nephew to a Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever party as soon as I can!

Some time after consuming hydrocodone and methocarbamol, I am in bed. The cat hops up on the bed ( Read more... )

Also: ouch, ouch, ouch, and pretty much ouch ( Read more... )

Looks like that "no vaccination" strategy is working out great for you.

1st Measles Case In 6 Years Reported In LA CountyLOS ANGELES (AP) ― The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is confirming a young child in the area has the measles. The case is the first since 2002 ( Read more... )

Hey everybody! MEASLES PARTY!

Mind-blowing post-scientific sociopaths. Via king_felix

Having electromyography (EMG) isn't so much fun. First they zap various parts of you with electrical current, and then they stick needles in you and make you strain your muscles ( Read more... )

Whatever else Susan Sontag did, she gets a ticket into heaven for Illness as Metaphor (link to isbn.nu ( Read more... )

CD from radiology people + Osirix software (thanks Jed for the tip!) + GraphicConverter = animgifs of my brain. THROBBING. FULL OF RADIOACTIVE GOOP.

( cut for 430k gifanimation )

Why does my left index finger knuckle itch like crazy?

best,

substitute