placentas for persie
It's not often that genuine news stories sound as though they were concocted for The Onion. Taking a page from Tom Cruise's playbook, soccer star Robin van Persie "will have placenta rubbed into the damaged area by a Serbian housewife" in hopes that it will speed his recovery from an ankle injury (source). While the merits of "placental medicine" are questionable at best, it apparently worked for his former teammate, Danzo Lazovic - and who would begin to question the work of housewife Mariana Kovacevic? Besides, the remedy doesn't even look that odd by comparison to some of the other things soccer players have tried in the past. If nothing else, the placebo effect may get him back on the field faster.
When you're making the equivalent of millions of dollars playing professional soccer, you should have a right to seek out the strangest and most sure-fire solutions to your ailments. Maybe you can stumble across something that Magner missed.
adverse effects can be a kick
When I came to the realization that a potential side effect of an antidysrhythmic drug was, in fact, an arrhythmia, I decided it was time to stop studying pharmacology.
We've all seen it before: the commercials saying that this miracle drug for depression may cause suicidal tendencies, or this cure for high blood pressure can cause the brain to explode. Our modern medicines are truly life-changing, but sometimes you've got to decide if the disease is so bad after all. I just might take my chances with a cold if it means I can avoid the resultant anal itching of the remedy. And safely storing away a little HIV is a good way to avoid the guilt-tripping of those seeking blood donation. So don't go through life worrying about alleviating all your ailments; get rid of some while embracing others.
I think my original point was in there somewhere.
the slanty-eye
King Felix's crown is crooked...
Has anyone ever told Felix Hernandez that his hat is not on straight? I'm legitimately concerned...he could have a serious perceptual problem.
