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RAAViewer
Created by Robert Livingston

This is a free downloadable program, available for Macintosh and Windows, that allows viewing of labeled images of human anatomy. The labels are linked to a database that offers in-depth descriptions of the parts of anatomy. An image or series of images is stored in a folder and then accessed by the [...]

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Retained knife blade: an unusual cause for headache following massive alcohol intake. (via precordialthump, dublindoc & Mind Hacks. Emphases mine)

Massive alcohol intake usually resolves in a banal headache. We report a case of a patient presenting with acute alcohol intoxication in which the ensuing “hangover” was due to a knife blade deeply retained in the [...]

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via Medscape Medical News: Writer’s Cramp Connected to Diffusion Abnormalities in the Brain. [Free registration required. Emphases mine]

Abnormalities in the fibers connecting different areas of the brain may contribute to muscle disorders such as writer’s cramp, report researchers. Their work, published in the April issue of the Archives of Neurology, suggests that corticosubcortical pathways may [...]

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via fnyc

[Both Images are from here & are linked there]
I guess this is not what it means to hit the nail on the head!
See more amazing radiographs (NO. They’re not x-rays!) and CT scans in this gallery.
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I did not expect this so soon after the horror!
Truly one of the mysterious ways in which God works!
Do you see the Virgin Mary in this brain scan? : St. Lucie County : TCPalm
Nineteen views of Pamela Latrimore’s brain fill the black MRI sheet, but one is different, special, maybe.
In one, the Virgin Mary might [...]

I read about this absurd ’study’ in many places [see sources below] and did not think it worth my while to write about. This is the sort of harebrained research idea that should not get a mention even in a list of hilarious medical research articles.
But then I saw this great comeback by Douglas Farrago [...]

If you thought MRI scanners that explode are scary, what follows may be even more terrifying (and educative)…
From the May 2002 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Spontaneous Discharge of a Firearm in an MR Imaging Environment

An incident recently occurred at an outpatient imaging center in western New York State, in which a firearm spontaneously [...]

ennui /ɑnˈwi, ˈɑnwi; Fr. ɑ̃ˈnwi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation
Pronunciation: \ˌän-ˈwē\ [ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee]
Function: noun

Etymology: French, 18th century. from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome.

Meaning:

a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction.
boredom or discontent caused by a lack of activity or excitement.

A word that perfectly [...]