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Cure for killer bug - but there's a catch KATE FOSTER IN THE annals of medical history, this could go down as one of the most effective but stomach-churning treatments ever devised. Scientists seeking a cure for a deadly superbug have successfully treated patients using human faeces. Trials in a Scottish hospital have shown patients suffering from the Clostridium difficile bug can be cured using 'donor stool' administered via a tube through the nose into their stomach. Clostridium difficile was last week at the heart of a damning report into cleaning failures at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust...

MADISON, Wis. — A delivery truck ran over a cyclist's head, leaving him only with a concussion and a mangled helmet. Ryan Lipscomb, 26, was shaken up, especially after he saw the condition of his helmet. "I didn't see it coming, but I sure felt it roll over my head," he said. "It feels really strange to have a truck run over your head." Lipscomb, a graduate student in medical physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was riding swiftly down a bike path in Madison Friday afternoon. As he approached an intersection where he said he had a green light,...

See for example this thread first. Adult language in the limerick, this pun was just too good to pass up. OK, you have been warned. How can I get enough verbiage in here so that the limerick will not show up in its entirety in the preview pane? Well, let me try the time honored tactic of space-filling text, like this: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXWARNING, ADULT TOPICS AND LANGUAGEXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX She's nearly scared out of her wits When a bomb almost blew her to bits It seemed like certain doom when she heard the KABOOM But the shrapnel was...

<p>Probably the smallest surviving baby ever born in Nashville - who entered the world four months ago at Centennial Hospital weighing the same as a regular-sized soft drink - went home yesterday.</p> <p>From an initial 12 ounces on Feb. 10, Olivia Grace Reimers had gained another 4 pounds, 14 ounces, by the time she left Centennial with her parents, Elizabeth and Dan Reimers of Winchester, Tenn. Hospital spokespeople said she was released with good prospects for a normal life.</p>