Street Anatomy: Medicine + Art + Design

Street Anatomy.

Is your heart in the right place?

If it's not, you might have dextrocardia.

Test yourself for Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatric geneticist Dr. John Kelsoe is offering a home test for Bipolar Disorder for $399. Of course it won't actually tell you if you have the symptoms, but it will tell you if you have the genes.

Necrotizing Fasciitis (with pictures)

This guy had it, and these pictures document everything that happened - debridement, skin grafts, etc. You can see the muscle, tendons, and bone; it's rather reminiscent of when I went to The Universe Within. Maybe I'll make it to the Bodies exhibition here while it's still going.

Once more into the breech

...the three types of breech presentation, in birth.

After all, what would be my return without some kind of completely tasteless pun?

I'm back, after a long hiatus, and wanted to say this: it's been far too long, my readers. Far too long. Much to report, and in that time, many, many maladies to blog. So stay tuned.

Dr Money and the Boy with No Penis (Horizon 2004)

An experiment on nature versus nurture goes tragically wrong. On 22 August 1965 Janet Reimer was granted her dearest wish: she gave birth to twins. The two boys, Brian and Bruce, were healthy babies, but they would lead tragic lives, blighted by one scientist's radical theory.

The Psychological Implication of Hypospadias

The Psychological Implication of Hypospadias.

Hypospadias is a condition in which your urethra exits somewhere other than the tip of your penis.

Sure, maybe you don't HAVE a penis. Let's split hairs, why don't we?
But the other half of you have one, and if you don't have one, you know someone who does.

TV for Aliens!

"Titled CosmicConnexion, ARTE’s programme will be going out in the evening this autumn. Using a CNES antenna, it will be broadcasting texts, images and sounds in the direction of 47 Ursa Major, a solar-type star 43 light-years from Earth."

Link: Mortality & Morbidity Rounds on the Web

Morbidity & Mortality Rounds on the Web is a site that features "expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by our readers, interactive learning modules on patient safety ("Spotlight Cases"), Perspectives on Safety, and forums for online discussion".

For those of you who are interested in reading cases, there is an interesting and informative case archive.

And off-topic, I present...

Tashi Tendil shu

You can tell I've been staying up all night just surfing through YouTube...

I came across this video by three Tibetan men. This song/video is extremely beautiful. I can't understand what they are singing, but their pride and celebration of their country is beautiful :)