- Have a craving for human brains this Halloween? We don't suggest eating them.
- Throughout history, people have attributed scary looking and unfamiliar illnesses to dark forces, including witches and demons.
- People are generally aware of the most common causes of hallucinations, like schizophrenia and a really high fever. But lesser known are the more rare causes; here are six you probably haven't heard about.
Weird Medicine Stories
- People are generally aware of the most common causes of hallucinations, like schizophrenia and a really high fever. But lesser known are the more rare causes; here are six you probably haven't heard about.
- Conjoined brothers Anias and Jadon McDonald are undergoing one of the riskiest surgeries in the world — the complete separation of their fused heads.
- Humans have been eating each other for a long, long time. Sometimes they do it out of desperation, and sometimes they suffered fatal consequences. Here are some tales of cannibalism throughout history.
- Humans have been using both their own waste and animal dung to cure illness for thousands of years. We even use this weird kind of medicine today.
- Falling asleep is difficult for some, which is why learning how soldiers nod off may help trick you into REM.
- A large sperm bank has made finding a donor easier with a new mobile app.
- In a new case study, four women with sickle cell disease were able to prolong their life expectancy by sticking to healthy habits and having strong family support.
- A venomous insect chomped down on a man's penis in a portable toilet. And this wasn't the first time his penis had been bitten.
- The human body may have evolved over millions of years, but it's still imperfect and full of flaws.
- Here are some of the most fascinating, yet true, facts about twins.
- From purposely infecting men with syphillis to giving children irreversible psychological damage, here are some of the worst experiments ever conducted on human subjects.
- Body identity integrity disorder may be one of the most perplexing mental disorders psychologists try to help sufferers with today.