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Smiling Bob Whistles All The Way To Jail

Written by Alyx on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 in advertising, medical.

Smiling Bob Whistles All The Way To Jail

Bob is gonna be looking cool in jail, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog.
The founder of a company that sells Enzyte — “the once-daily tablet for natural male enhancement” — was sentenced to 25 years in jail yesterday. Berkeley Premium Neutraceuticals and other defendants were ordered to forfeit $500 million.

WSJ Link
For those who [...]

Australian Gynecologists Ban Designer Vaginas

From Fox News comes this story out of Australia:
Cosmetic surgery to “rejuvenate” the vagina has been blacklisted by Australian gynecologists who say more women are being injured by the dangerous procedures. Top female sexual health specialists say they are seeing an increase in women with scarring, infections and altered sexual sensations after undergoing vaginal surgery.
Most [...]

Pregnant Man Gives Birth

Written by OddCulture on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 in alternative lifestyles, bizarre, medical, news, surgeries, transgender.

Pregnant Man Gives Birth

A US man who was born a woman before undergoing gender realignment surgery has given birth to a baby girl, US media reported Thursday.

A Pregnant Thomas Beatie
Thomas Beatie, who is legally male but decided to keep his female sex organs during chest reconstruction surgery and testosterone therapy, attracted worldwide attention in April after revealing [...]

Los Angeles Sees More People Living Out Of Their Cars

Source: BreitBart/AP
L.A. Sees More Homeless Living In Cars
Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile who are four wheels away from homelessness. She is living out of her shabby 1978 RV, and every night she has to look for a place to park where she won’t [...]

Russian spa opens Enema Monument

Written by OddCulture on Friday, June 20th, 2008 in Frisky Friday, Russia, bizarre, culture, funny pictures, medical, travel.

Russian spa opens Enema Monument

Russian Monument To The Enema Unveiled!
Source: AP:
A monument to the enema has been unveiled at a spa in the southern Russian city of Zheleznovodsk. The bronze syringe bulb, which weighs 800 pounds and is held by three angels, was unveiled at the Mashuk-Akva Term spa on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008.

monument to enemas at Mashuk Akva-Term [...]

Mad Pride In Extreme Mental States

Written by OddCulture on Monday, May 12th, 2008 in culture, medical, science.

Mad Pride In Extreme Mental States

NY Times Article:
Mad Pride Fights a Stigma
Liz Spikol, a 39 year old writer who has a bipolar disorder, has a blog with video clips that presents the various shifts in her life. In other videos and blog postings, she describes a period of psychosis so severe she jumped out of her mother’s car and [...]


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