health

Dr. Oz Shows Us The Importance of Grapes

Michelle Cacciatore · 08/06/10 03:14PM

You have to appreciate a doctor that doesn't mind getting a little messy for the message of good health. Today on Dr. Oz, we learned not only should we stomp on grapes... but we should rub them on our face.

Scientists Will Not Stop Until We're All Lizard Monsters

Hamilton Nolan · 08/06/10 01:27PM

Monster making! Russian warming! Frog mountains! Bat extinction! Multiple sclerosis! Hurricane season! Quantum entanglement! Pet meds! And Polish geologists! It's your Friday Science Watch, where we watch your science—while screwing in a light bulb, all alone!

Let's All Talk About Dead Men's Sperm

Hamilton Nolan · 08/03/10 12:38PM

Healthy bullets! Healthy gay blood! Healthy weed! Healthy ticks! Healthy yoga! Healthy ketamine! Healthy magazines! And completely unhealthy sperm of the deceased! It's your Tuesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—but not that closely, that's gross!

Cold Cut Sandwiches: A (Potentially) Deadly Lunch

Jeff Neumann · 08/03/10 05:04AM

It wouldn't be summer without hot dogs and bologna sandwiches, right? Well, you might want to think twice before eating processed meats, because the nitrites and nitrates used to preserve, color and flavor them could cause bladder cancer.

No One Knows How Deadly Froot Loops Are

Hamilton Nolan · 08/02/10 11:53AM

If you're like me, you may have just *assumed* that if a chemical is being manufactured in large quantities and placed in your breakfast cereal, there would be *some* evidence that it will not kill you. Not true at all!

Scottish Pole Dancing School Has Classes for Kids

Richard Lawson · 07/28/10 02:26PM

Claiming it's just gymnastic exercise and has no sexual connotation—plus the class is open to boys—the Up Yer Pole pole-dancing academy offers classes to kids as young as six. Child fitness: good. Pole writhing: questionable? Who knows. [via]

Smoking and Obesity Battle For American Death Championship

Hamilton Nolan · 07/28/10 12:25PM

First, there was the War on Smoking. That got boring. Now, there's the War on Obesity. And everyone is forgetting about smoking altogether! Well, what do you expect, when the obese are out of control?

Study: Heavy Drinking Makes Arthritis Relatively Painless

Jeff Neumann · 07/28/10 07:23AM

A group of scientists at the University of Sheffield have concluded a groundbreaking new study that claims "frequently" drinking alcohol eases pain from rheumatoid arthritis and can even make the disease less severe. Imagine that... booze dulls pain!

Rats? Asteroids? Ratsteroids!

Hamilton Nolan · 07/27/10 01:41PM

Botanical diversity! Fights for love! Killer asteroids! Toe chop hazards! Environmental justice! Huge rats! Sniffing communication! It's your Tuesday Science Watch, where we watch your science—fairly or not!

Elderly People Just Won't Stop Surviving

Hamilton Nolan · 07/26/10 11:26AM

Despite the fact that old people are mathematically closer to death than the rest of us, they just keep clinging to life—and taxpayer dollars. Finally, that may be changing. But the olds are living longer than ever. Thanks, jerks!

All the Fitness Advice You'll Ever Need

Hamilton Nolan · 07/19/10 11:08AM

Heart attack triathlons! EZ-fix knees! Swimming keeps you alive! Fat mixing! Fitness cruise! Post-baby bodies! And the only weightlifting tips you'll ever need to watch! It's your Monday Fitness Watch, where we watch your fitness—while sipping opium-laced lard juice!