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  • Weird but Cool Highspeed Impact “Brain Bucket”

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    09 Apr 2011 /  Critical Design Improvements, Head Cases, More Cool than Weird

    Now motorcycle enthusiasts have a better chance for survival…

    Therapeutics hypothermia just took a huge leap from the hospital bed onto the streets. Checkout the new ThermaHelm(R) brain bucket that neatly coddles your brain like a new born babe. The manufacturer’s video says it all –>

    Therapeutic Hypothermia for the Neuro EMS Team

    Cryo Brain Bucket

    Now EMS teams can expect more live motorcyclists due to this new cooling therapy.

    Excellent intel, ThermaHelm!

    Now can you make one for bicyclists?

    Tags: How'd they do that?, Is this Cool, Is this SciFi...or what?, It works how?, or What?

  • Weird DHHS Projects as Non-Performers on ExpectMore.gov

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    30 Mar 2011 /  Beyond Weird...Sad but True, More Amazing than Weird, Unbelievably Weird

    Amazing, an actual website produced by the federal government that exposes those federally funded agencies’ programs that are at the extremes of the spectrum…either strong performers or huge disappointments.

    The agency that ranks these programs is the U.S. OMB (Office of Management and Budget).

    Net findings by the OMB? –> “20% of Federal programs are Not Performing.” see ExpectMore.gov

    OMB

    Our solution –> let’s shut down these programs immediately and create accountable programs that effectively fund education, infrastructure development, healthcare efficiency programs and comparative effectiveness research.

    A few of our favorite poor performers:

    1) Health Information Technology Research (AHRQ) -> Read more…

    2) Office on Women’s Health -> Read more…

    3) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology -> Read more…

    …and these are just three out of 30 major poor performing programs managed by the Dept of Health & Human Service.

    No wonder our U.S. healthcare system is bloated and ineffective. Where is the accountability?

    Tags: Will this help our pocketbooks?, You think you know weird?

  • Nothing Weird about it – Welcome Home for Good, Discovery!

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    09 Mar 2011 /  Amazing Feats, Just When We Need MORE Space, Legislate This, More Wonderful than Weird

    We’re sad to see your missions end…

    

    Welcome Home for Good, Discovery!

    America will miss your amazing adventures

    Tags: Is shutting-down our space shuttle program wise for America?, What were they thinking?, Will this help our pocketbooks?

  • Weird – Hot Flashes lead to Healthier Heart

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    09 Mar 2011 /  Biological Wonders, More Hot than Weird

    …not spontaneous combustion as previously thought.

    Seriously…Researchers at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Northwestern University’s medical school have found that women experiencing hot flashes during the earlier years of menopause tend to have a lower risk of heart attack and death than their older counterparts who experience hot flashes and night sweats near the end of menopause.

    The possible mechanism? The “blood vessels dilating in response to the normal hormone fluctuations of menopause” allows more fluid blood flow and, therefore, more efficient heat transfer from more dilated capillaries located at the surface of the skin. This apparently is healthy cardiovascular reaction for a younger woman, but for an older woman in her 60′s can signal blood vessel abnormalities that could affect the heart.

    Thus NO spontaneous combustion!

    Read more…

    Tags: A "not so old" wives tale?, A new wives tale?

  • Weird Medical Robotics

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    23 Feb 2011 /  Bio-Electric Devices, Bionics Are Us, Critical Design Improvements, Futuristic Devices, Manic Devices, More Fun than Weird

    Did you ever imagine as a kid, losing the ability to walk and getting a pair of robotic pants that your clumsily staggered around the house in?

    Or…did you ever pretend you lost your eyesight and got a pair of ooky biomechanical “popping” eyes to peer at your friends?

    Well, here they are 12 recent advances in robotics that even most kids did not imagine…

    Bionic Man

    Advances In Medical Robotics

    So goes the $6M Bionic Man…read on…

    Tags: How'd they do that?, Is this SciFi...or what?, It works how?, On "old kids' tale"?, We KNOW how that works!

  • Weird Medical Science in Space

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    09 Feb 2011 /  Awesome Medical Feats, Bio-Electric Devices, Biological Wonders, Critical Design Improvements, Futuristic Devices, Revolutionary Therapies

    Exploration Medical Capability Project
    NASA…no need to say more.

    Tags: How'd they do that?, Is this amazing...or what?, What does that thing do?, What were they thinking?

  • Top 10 Weird Healthcare Stories of 2010

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    05 Jan 2011 /  Amazing Feats, Awesome Medical Feats, Biological Wonders, Head Cases, More Wonderful than Weird, Revolutionary Therapies, Weird Babies

    Some of the most weird and heart-warming stories of 2010…

    Mother’s touch revives premature twin pronounced dead…

    Mother's touch revives dying premie twin
    “Kangaroo Cuddle”

    Afghani teen receives nose transplant in California…

    Afghani Teen has Reconstrutive Surgery in California
    Afghani Teen Harmed by Family

    All 33 Chilean Miners Survive Ordeal…

    Chilean Minors Survive Ordeal
    All Chilean Minors Survive

    …and seven more…

    Thank you, AOL, TIME, LWA, AP, Getty Images & Youtube.com!

    Tags: A "not so old" wives tale?, and now Weird History?, How'd they do that?, Is this amazing...or what?, What was he thinking?

  • A Weird Way to Imbibe

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    22 Dec 2010 /  Amazing Feets, Beyond Weird, More Weird than Fun

    Hypothesis:  If ones’ stomach lining can absorb alcohol leading to the symptoms of intoxication, then the dermal layers of ones’ feet should do the same — ol’ Danish myth.

    Method: Place feet in washtub of alcohol for 3 hours.

    Tools:

    • Washtub
    Tune for Foot Tapping

    Tune for Foot Tapping

    • Feet (preferably two)
    • 80 Proof vodka…lots!
    • Watch..second hand not necessary
    • Patience
    • Towel

    Results: …read more at…“Washtub Play” or “Scientists dip feet, debunk Danish alcohol myth”

    Happy Holidays from your WeirdMedical team at MedIntelliBase!

    Tags: An "old dads' tale", It works how?, Smells fishy?, What were they thinking?

  • Weird…Twinkies the New Diet Food!

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    09 Nov 2010 /  Amazing Foods, Beyond Weird, Biological Wonders, More Weird than Yummy

    This is tough to believe given the AHA/ACC guidelines and thousands of healthcare services ranking the leading nutritionally balanced weight loss programs…

    Nutrition professor's "convenience store diet" helped him shed 27 pound

    Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds

    But Professor Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University is proof positive. There’s a dichotomy here – you can loose weight and be healthy but not eat healthy.

    The net-net is if you eat too many calories – no matter how healthy their sources – and do not exercise enough to burn the excess – you get chubby!

    Tags: A new wives tale?, It works how?, Silly but legit?, What was he thinking?, Would you really eat that?

  • Weird, Smells Go beyond Ergodynamics

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    27 Oct 2010 /  Critical Design Improvements, Manic Devices

    Can we really be moving into a new era where what the patient experiences – feels, touches and even smells – really matters?

    Can our medical device industry be moving in the direction of consumer marketing where patient-based consumer-type-products are becoming reality?

    “There’s something called value-based purchasing in [health-care reform] that actually measures patient satisfaction,” according to Bob Schwartz, general manager of global design for GE Healthcare, “— and hospitals are reimbursed, in part at least, on what those patient satisfaction scores say.”

    Bob Schwartz, general manager of global design for GE Healthcare

    It actually appears that the patient’s feedback and opinions are starting to matter as much as those of our medical professionals. Especially now that U.S. healthcare reform driven by the balance of better procedural outcomes, patient satisfaction through provider rating systems, and cost containment is creating a perfect storm.

    Read more about this “Proctor & Gamble” marketing approach…it’s not the science of technology but the science of consumer behavior!

    Tags: At what price healthcare?, Smells fishy?, What were they thinking?, Will this help our pocketbooks?

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