Medical Breakthroughs
The year of weird medicine, including:
- Masturbation reduces risk of prostate cancer.
- Pet owners are less educated, fatter, more likely to smoke and drink and more likely to have high blood pressure than those without.
- Men who don't need to shave every day are 70 per cent more likely to suffer a stroke than those who do.
- An 85-year-old widow was so determined not to be resuscitated that she had the words "do not resuscitate" tattooed across her chest.
- Just standing next to a fat person can be bad for your image.
- A US anaesthetist made an unexpected discovery after implanting electrodes in a female patient's spine during a pain relief procedure.
During the ensuing operation -- as the electrodes began generating tiny electrical pulses -- the patient began exclaiming emphatically.
When asked what was up, she said, "You're going to have to teach my husband to do that."
The doctor has since patented the device as a sexual dysfunction therapy known as the "orgasmatron".
He is seeking volunteers for a trial.
* Ray, 12/12/2003 01:45:12 PM
