Posted on 09/15/2018 11:07:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A Japanese doctor was recognized Thursday with an Ig Nobel prize, which honor comical but practical scientific studies, for devising the most comfortable colonoscopy technique by using himself as a test subject.
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Doing a self-colonoscopy while sitting, Horiuchi discovered the method facilitated entry. After a series of trials, he shared his personal experiences in a 2006 medical report titled, “Colonoscopy in the Sitting Position: Lessons Learned From Self-Colonoscopy.”
But Horiuchi isn’t recommending that you give yourself a colonoscopy in the comfort of your home. He said via email that many people are afraid of getting a colonoscopy and he just wanted to show how easy it can be.
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It was the 12th straight year that a Japanese person has won an Ig Nobel prize.
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The prize was one of the 10 Ig Nobel awards given this year. Other scientific studies honored this year included those highlighting the benefits of using a voodoo doll to take out anger on a boss and attempts to hasten the passage of kidney stones by riding roller coasters.
(Excerpt) Read more at japantimes.co.jp ...
What is it? A gerbil with a go-pro?
Or he just could have gotten himself nominated for the supreme court.
Warning!!! If you see your tonsils you have gone too far.
“Democrats have no need for the device.”
Not with their head in the way.
rwood
You treat him like any other tumor.
Oh, so that’s what Richard Gere was doing with the gerbil.
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