medicine

Many of us suffer from some kind of self encouraged amnesia, involving our well being and various medications/supplements/etc that we use to maintain that well being. For whatever reason, the process of time crawling along invites in us a terribly self-destructive forgetfulness. In this particular, quick Tumblr thread we see a couple solid points made about the importance of Head and Shoulders shampoo/conditioner for the dry and itchy scalp, as well as the life saving role played by medications for anyone who has had a liver transplant. 

Gotta love the delirious truth serum effects of that anesthesia. 

Turns out Ben Franklin's an All-American SAVAGE. 

That hot feeling you get while reading this is anger, not a fever.

Some stupid memes to help get ya ready for the weekend!

The kind of blind ignorance that has a knack for inspiring utter speechlessness on our parts. 

With every job comes a slew of misinformation about what it is you do all day. Wouldn't you believe it, Law and Order SVU isn't actually a terrifically accurate depiction of what forensics specialists do all day. Here's a smattering of the dumb conversations people have to have about their jobs.

Typical anti-vaxxer with a BIG twist. The contained level of what I can only imagine must be some grade A rage here is vaguely terrifying as well. 

Whoa, alright. Screw chill pills, these folks need horse tranquilizers.

What was once a saving grace to halt the scourge of smallpox 2 centuries ago, has now struck again, this time, with cancer. CF33, or Chimeric Orthopoxvirus. US Cancer wunderkind Professor Yuman Fong made the initial discovery, while the Australian company Imugene licensed the innovation and are pushing for human trials starting next year. 

Talk to your doctor if you experience Donald Trump for longer than four hours.

This rageful parent's emotional post about their daughter getting measles is as relevant a reminder to anti-vaxxers today, as it was, when it was posted back in 2015. The news is riddled with accounts of a measles outbreak, and the anti-vaxxers are being called out with renewed passion for their part in the upsurge of cases. Maybe this post will make a splash in the social media space, and inspire further discussion about the impacts of vaccination, or NOT vaccinating your children. 

You can't cure stupid but you sure can manipulate it. This fourth year med student's classic encounter with a ridiculous anti-vax parent is all kinds of gold. They handled the situation beautifully. 

Remember when 3D printing became wildly popular overnight and everyone started 3D printing everything? Well 3D printing has just taken on a new dimension. Scientists have just 3D bioprinted a tiny human heart from stem cells. This is big, people. This is huge. 

For the first time in history, a surgeon performed heart surgery without actually being in the room. Or building. Or town. The surgeon was 20 miles away from their patient, and the surgery was done with the assistance of a robot. Yes, we are officially living in the future.