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Ig Nobel winner: Using pork to stop nosebleeds
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| Sep. 18, 2014
| MARK PRATT
Posted on 09/20/2014 9:48:44 AM PDT by Brother Cracker
There's some truth to the effectiveness of folk remedies and old wives' tales when it comes to serious medical issues, according to findings by a team from Detroit Medical Center.
Dr. Sonal Saraiya and her colleagues in Michigan found that packing strips of cured pork in the nose of a child who suffers from uncontrollable, life-threatening nosebleeds can stop the hemorrhaging, a discovery that won them a 2014 Ig Nobel prize, the annual award for sometimes inane, yet often surprisingly practical, scientific discoveries.
This year's winners honored Thursday at Harvard University by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: humor; ignobel; napl
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To: Brother Cracker
Ha! They should apply for an FDA approval and cash in.
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posted on
09/20/2014 1:15:53 PM PDT
by
Moltke
("The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution if you only know how to use it.")
To: Moltke
Vitamin B2 will cure most constant nose bleeding, and chapped lips.
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posted on
09/20/2014 1:24:16 PM PDT
by
aimhigh
(1 John 3:23)
To: Brother Cracker
My absolute favorite Bacon related link:
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The “Rub Some Bacon On It” Song
911 what's your emergency?
I nailed my finger to a birdhouse accidentally
Do your have some bacon (bacon?)
Bacon, That's right
I have bacon left over from dinner last night
Rub some bacon on it
what?
On your hand just do it
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That's all there is to it?
What if I dropped my phone?
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or encounter my clone?
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I get mononucleosis
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My nude pics get posted
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Yeah
My home gets foreclosed
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My cat explodes
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I wake up in a trunk
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I say something unintentionally racist
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The apocalypse started
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posted on
09/20/2014 2:38:43 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
To: Brother Cracker
We need to issue that patch to our troops immediately!
That is hilarious!
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posted on
09/20/2014 2:40:27 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
To: rlmorel
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posted on
09/20/2014 2:49:30 PM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: Brother Cracker; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; ...
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
09/20/2014 7:34:57 PM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: rlmorel
Funny, in a primitive way.
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posted on
09/21/2014 2:18:24 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
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