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<title>Groxx / Most Popular News / Medical</title>
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<description>Groxx  votes</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:24:32 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer sick for two years for wrong lens prescription, Optician offers $5]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/customer-sick-for-two-years-for-wrong-lens-prescription-optician-offers-5/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/customer-sick-for-two-years-for-wrong-lens-prescription-optician-offers-5/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:24:32 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/customer-sick-for-two-years-for-wrong-lens-prescription-optician-offers-5/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A seven-year-old girl was left suffering headaches and nausea over two years after bungling opticians fitted her spectacle lenses the WRONG WAY round. Specsavers apologised - and offered Tayla a complimentary £3 ($5 USD) bottle of lens cleaner.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quack medicine? Disabled boy learns to walk after studying lame duckling]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/quack-medicine-disabled-boy-learns-to-walk-after-studying-lame-duckling/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/quack-medicine-disabled-boy-learns-to-walk-after-studying-lame-duckling/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:24:00 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/quack-medicine-disabled-boy-learns-to-walk-after-studying-lame-duckling/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finlay Lomax suffered a stroke as a baby and developed cerebral palsy which affects the way the brain co-ordinates movement in the body. His parents were told he would be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.  But Finlay has learned to walk by copying a disabled duckling.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[After ceasarian without anaesthetic, hospital says, &quot;oops. Sorry.&quot;]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/after-ceasarian-without-anaesthetic-hospital-says-oops--sorry-/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/after-ceasarian-without-anaesthetic-hospital-says-oops--sorry-/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:27:02 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/after-ceasarian-without-anaesthetic-hospital-says-oops--sorry-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The incident was never followed up by the hospital and no report was made of the extraordinary nature of the woman's ordeal and the woman was denied the right to access her medical journal on request.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nurse fired and faces jail for reporting unsafe doctor]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/nurse-fired-and-faces-jail-for-reporting-unsafe-doctor/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/nurse-fired-and-faces-jail-for-reporting-unsafe-doctor/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:10:03 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/nurse-fired-and-faces-jail-for-reporting-unsafe-doctor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When veteran nurse Anne Mitchell wrote a confidential letter last year to the Texas Medical Board, complaining about a doctor she thought practiced shoddy medicine, she assumed it would be anonymous. Instead, Dr. Rolando Arafiles Jr. fired her after reporting her to the local sheriff.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Earthquake Survivor says &quot;there's an Ap for that!&quot;]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/earthquake-survivor-says-theres-an-ap-for-that/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/earthquake-survivor-says-theres-an-ap-for-that/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:04:18 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/earthquake-survivor-says-theres-an-ap-for-that/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dan Wooley used a medical app saved on his phone to treat a leg injury after the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince collapsed around him. He used the light from his iPhone to show him his injuries, diagnosed a broken foot and used instructions to treat excessive bleeding on his legs and head.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[School staff given insulin in flu-vaccine error]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/school-staff-given-insulin-in-flu-vaccine-error/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/school-staff-given-insulin-in-flu-vaccine-error/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:21:01 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/school-staff-given-insulin-in-flu-vaccine-error/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Several staff members at an elementary school had to be taken to the hospital after being injected with insulin rather than the swine flu vaccine.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man Wakes Up as His Autopsy Starts]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-wakes-up-as-his-autopsy-starts/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-wakes-up-as-his-autopsy-starts/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:53:28 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-wakes-up-as-his-autopsy-starts/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors were performing a post-mortem examination on Manas Deo on Monday after he had been hit by a car when he surprised hospital staff by waking up during his autopsy.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Olympics or bust as Rawlinson removes implants]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/olympics-or-bust-as-rawlinson-removes-implants/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/olympics-or-bust-as-rawlinson-removes-implants/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:50:42 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NuclearNemesis</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/olympics-or-bust-as-rawlinson-removes-implants/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First she had breast implants put in to make her look/feel more attractive, now she's having them removed to improve her athletic ability.  Maybe she can have the surgeons put in zippers.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[X-ray Shows Remote Control Up Man's Bottom]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/x-ray-shows-remote-control-up-mans-bottom-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/x-ray-shows-remote-control-up-mans-bottom-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:55:08 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/x-ray-shows-remote-control-up-mans-bottom-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I wonder why the channel keeps changing? Police believe it was a part of a prank played by flatmates on Chen when he collapsed after a night's drinking in Changsha, southern China.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mother, baby revived after dying in labor]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/mother-baby-revived-after-dying-in-labor/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/mother-baby-revived-after-dying-in-labor/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:28:37 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/mother-baby-revived-after-dying-in-labor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife's hand when her life slipped away, then he cradled his newborn son's limp body seconds after delivery. Minutes later he saw his son come to life in his arms, and soon learned his wife had also inexplicably come back to life.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers find an antibody that finds and wipes out prostate cancer]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/researchers-find-an-antibody-that-finds-and-wipes-out-prostate-cancer/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/researchers-find-an-antibody-that-finds-and-wipes-out-prostate-cancer/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:03:44 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/researchers-find-an-antibody-that-finds-and-wipes-out-prostate-cancer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers have found an antibody that hunts down prostate cancer cells in mice and can destroy the killer disease even in an advanced stage. The antibody, called F77, was found to bond more readily with cancerous prostate tissues and cells than with benign tissue and cells, and to promote the dea<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Impatient Patient Steals Ambulance]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/impatient-patient-steals-ambulance/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/impatient-patient-steals-ambulance/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:35:26 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/impatient-patient-steals-ambulance/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tammy Diescher had been transported by ambulance at about 11:30 a.m. About a half hour later, after she registered and was awaiting further evaluation, she became impatient, left the hospital, got into the same ambulance, which was running with the keys in the ignition, and drove away.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Newborn named for car where she was born]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/newborn-named-for-car-where-she-was-born/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/newborn-named-for-car-where-she-was-born/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:21:45 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/newborn-named-for-car-where-she-was-born/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kia could easily have been called Volkswagen or Skoda as her parents named her after the car she was born in.  It was a stroke of luck that her parents were travelling in such a well-named vehicle, otherwise baby Kia could have been in for a tricky childhood.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/patient-trapped-in-a-23-year-coma-was-conscious-all-along/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/patient-trapped-in-a-23-year-coma-was-conscious-all-along/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:57:04 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/patient-trapped-in-a-23-year-coma-was-conscious-all-along/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An engineering student thought to be in a coma for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time. Rom Houben was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state after a car crash left him totally paralysed, trapped in his own body with no way of letting friends and family know he could hear every word<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Boy traps head between buildings]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/boy-traps-head-between-buildings/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/boy-traps-head-between-buildings/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:23:22 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/boy-traps-head-between-buildings/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With Video Proof!  Boy falls out of 3rd floor window and gets stuck.  Doesn't say if he had a math test that day at school...H1N1 excuse was last weeks<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Woman swallows 78 items of cutlery]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/woman-swallows-78-items-of-cutlery/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/woman-swallows-78-items-of-cutlery/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:37:25 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/woman-swallows-78-items-of-cutlery/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[52 yo women swallows forks and spoons - never knives.  Doesn't say if she prefers stainless or silver.  Great quote :&quot;She seems to have been suffering from some sort of obsession and every time she sat down for a meal she would ignore the food and eat the cutlery,&quot; (calling Dr Kildare)<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Airlines Penalize Passenger With H1N1]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/airlines-penalize-passenger-with-h1n1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/airlines-penalize-passenger-with-h1n1/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:11:43 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/airlines-penalize-passenger-with-h1n1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Knowing she was sick &amp; contagious, she tried to change her flights with 3 different airlines for her trip of a lifetime. Initially airlines would not waive rebooking charges, even with doctor's note.So, the airlines would rather have a contagious passenger with H1N1 than waive the re<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey Reveals Half of Britons Injured by Biscuits on Tea Break]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/survey-reveals-half-of-britons-injured-by-biscuits-on-tea-break-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/survey-reveals-half-of-britons-injured-by-biscuits-on-tea-break-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:38:45 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/survey-reveals-half-of-britons-injured-by-biscuits-on-tea-break-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A recent survey has revealed that more than half of all Britons have been injured by biscuits ranging from scalding from hot tea or coffee while dunking or breaking a tooth eating during a morning tea break.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Officer Hurt When MRI Pulls Gun]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/officer-hurt-when-mri-pulls-gun/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/officer-hurt-when-mri-pulls-gun/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:17:48 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/officer-hurt-when-mri-pulls-gun/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An off-duty police officer was hurt when her hand was trapped between her police-issued Glock handgun and the powerful magnet inside an MRI machine.  She was in the MRI room with her mother and apparently forgot about her gun, which was pulled by the magnetic force of the machine, trapping her hand<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Court delayed when flu-masked inmate scares lawyer]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/court-delayed-when-flu-masked-inmate-scares-lawyer/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/court-delayed-when-flu-masked-inmate-scares-lawyer/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:17:37 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/court-delayed-when-flu-masked-inmate-scares-lawyer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mitchell Hardin's attorney wanted nothing to do with him. Set to enter a plea, the inmate was told he had to wait another day because his lawyer, seeing a surgical mask Hardin was wearing, feared contracting the H1N1 virus and wouldn't go near the jail inmate in court.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Firefighters run over victim they were sent to help]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/firefighters-run-over-victim-they-were-sent-to-help/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/firefighters-run-over-victim-they-were-sent-to-help/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:14:29 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/firefighters-run-over-victim-they-were-sent-to-help/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The firefighters accidentally ran over the very person they were sent to help responding to a 911 call about a man bleeding from the face near the fire station.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You've got mail - and possibly an STD]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/youve-got-mail---and-possibly-an-std/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/youve-got-mail---and-possibly-an-std/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:55:49 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ClaudeGL</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/youve-got-mail---and-possibly-an-std/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What could I possibly say about this one?????<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mom poisons baby to get attention of Baby's father]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/mom-poisons-baby-to-get-attention-of-babys-father/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/mom-poisons-baby-to-get-attention-of-babys-father/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:03:29 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/mom-poisons-baby-to-get-attention-of-babys-father/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sara Rose Dillard-Lubin was already on probation for doing the same thing to her 10-month-old son.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Dead' baby wakes before funeral]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/dead-baby-wakes-before-funeral/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/dead-baby-wakes-before-funeral/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:33:41 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/dead-baby-wakes-before-funeral/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A premature baby declared dead by doctors at a hospital was found to be alive hours later when he was taken home for a funeral wake. Jose Alvarenga said he discovered his son was alive after he heard crying from the box in which he was placed.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Perfume Sends 34 to Hospital]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/perfume-sends-34-to-hospital/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/perfume-sends-34-to-hospital/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:45:32 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/perfume-sends-34-to-hospital/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At first, fire officials suspected that carbon monoxide or some other poisonous fumes might have sickened almost 150 people at a Fort Worth bank call center. They learned someone's perfume was to blame.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blue M&amp;Ms linked to reducing spine injury]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/blue-mms-linked-to-reducing-spine-injury/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/blue-mms-linked-to-reducing-spine-injury/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:03:03 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/blue-mms-linked-to-reducing-spine-injury/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Can you imagine if it were found that green M&amp;Ms helped with ED? Lots of folks might then ban Kermit's song.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The man who is allergic to Wi-Fi]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/the-man-who-is-allergic-to-wi-fi/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/the-man-who-is-allergic-to-wi-fi/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:51:49 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/the-man-who-is-allergic-to-wi-fi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting because it uses the term &quot;ELECTROSMOG&quot;.  Doesn't mention if he has tried Tin Foil Hats...<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[That's no cyst, that's a remnant from a 30 years ago accident]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/thats-no-cyst-thats-a-remnant-from-a-30-years-ago-accident/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/thats-no-cyst-thats-a-remnant-from-a-30-years-ago-accident/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:34:40 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/thats-no-cyst-thats-a-remnant-from-a-30-years-ago-accident/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thomas Entwistle cut open what he thought was a cyst on his chin while shaving. He felt something move and when he extracted it found it was a glass shard from the windshield of a car he had been in an accident in 30 years ago.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Jackson to be buried without his brain]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/michael-jackson-to-be-buried-without-his-brain/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/michael-jackson-to-be-buried-without-his-brain/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:35:26 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/michael-jackson-to-be-buried-without-his-brain/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson will be buried this week- without his brain. His family faced the choice of waiting up to three weeks for Jackson's brain to be returned to them or go ahead and bury him without it - which they have decided to do.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Children's ER Doc Inhales Laughing Gas to &quot;Feel Floaty&quot;]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/childrens-er-doc-inhales-laughing-gas-to-feel-floaty/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/childrens-er-doc-inhales-laughing-gas-to-feel-floaty/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:30:24 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/childrens-er-doc-inhales-laughing-gas-to-feel-floaty/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jonathan Chahal inhaled laughing gas for &quot;fun&quot; while he was treating children in an emergency ward.  He was found out when nurses overheard him giggling in a resuscitation room. The 33-year-old doctor then persuaded several nurses to use the gas after telling them: &quot;It makes me feel floaty.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Broken neck? Take a Panadol]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/broken-neck-take-a-panadol/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/broken-neck-take-a-panadol/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:21:49 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/broken-neck-take-a-panadol/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I told the hospital staff I had had a serious head collision and the nurse noticed a mark on the back of my neck.&quot;After 2 hours I saw the doctor and told him my neck was sore. He told me I couldn't have an X-ray because the X-ray unit was shut and told me I would be fine.&quot;He told me to go <br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rubber Duckie to the rescue]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/rubber-duckie-to-the-rescue/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/rubber-duckie-to-the-rescue/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:55:57 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/rubber-duckie-to-the-rescue/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Elderly woman was stuck three days in her bathtub, too weak to get out. Rubber duck was used to drink from.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man had broken leg for 29 years]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-had-broken-leg-for-29-years-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-had-broken-leg-for-29-years-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:06:18 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-had-broken-leg-for-29-years-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Man has motorcycle accident and after 29 years learns he broke his leg, deceides to go ahead and have it fixed.  Orginal Daily Telegraph story URL blocked.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man dies after 7 hour wait in ER waiting room]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-dies-after-7-hour-wait-in-er-waiting-room/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-dies-after-7-hour-wait-in-er-waiting-room/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:59:17 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/man-dies-after-7-hour-wait-in-er-waiting-room/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Todd Johnson was rushed to a Brooklyn hospital in diabetic shock but was ignored for seven hours in the emergency room.  Johnson twice tried to leave to get help elsewhere, only to collapse outside and be carried back to the ER by security guards.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dad delivers own baby --- hospital had no medical staff available]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/dad-delivers-own-baby----hospital-had-no-medical-staff-available/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/dad-delivers-own-baby----hospital-had-no-medical-staff-available/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:02:35 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/dad-delivers-own-baby----hospital-had-no-medical-staff-available/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Montreal man delivered his wife's baby at a city hospital last month because there was no medical staff on hand to help.  A hospital spokesman said &quot;there was no safety issue involved,&quot; saying there were two nurses on duty nearby.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cheating death, man with terminal cancer wins bet]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/cheating-death-man-with-terminal-cancer-wins-bet/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/cheating-death-man-with-terminal-cancer-wins-bet/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:08:40 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/cheating-death-man-with-terminal-cancer-wins-bet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a terminal cancer from asbestos exposure, and told he had three months to live in 2006, Jon Matthews placed a series of bets he'd be alive in two, three and four years. Got 50:1 odds.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Woman's body is found in freezer]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/womans-body-is-found-in-freezer/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/womans-body-is-found-in-freezer/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:07:14 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/womans-body-is-found-in-freezer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Police think she may have been in the freezer for 20 years.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cancer patient held at airport for missing fingerprint]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/cancer-patient-held-at-airport-for-missing-fingerprint/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/cancer-patient-held-at-airport-for-missing-fingerprint/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 07:21:23 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/cancer-patient-held-at-airport-for-missing-fingerprint/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apparently the chemotherapy drug capecitabine &quot;erased&quot; his fingerprint.So, now we'll have to use iris mapping as the biometric threshold? (Even more technology pioneered by William Shatner -- see STII-WOK.)<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Free boob jobs offered to nurses as signing bonus]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/free-boob-jobs-offered-to-nurses-as-signing-bonus/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/free-boob-jobs-offered-to-nurses-as-signing-bonus/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 08:50:39 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/free-boob-jobs-offered-to-nurses-as-signing-bonus/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An understaffed Prague clinic offers boob jobs, liposuction and tummy tucks as a bonus for signing up with the small private clinic for three years.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Doctor saves boy's life with power drill]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Medical/doctor-saves-boys-life-with-power-drill/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Medical/doctor-saves-boys-life-with-power-drill/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:10:29 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jenny</dc:creator>
<category>Medical</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Medical/doctor-saves-boys-life-with-power-drill/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Dr Carson told me all he can remember saying is, 'Get the Black and Decker'.&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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