"Neurotypical individuals find it difficult to be alone and are often intolerant of seemingly minor differences in others. Tragically, as many as 9,625 out of every 10,000 individuals may be neurotypical."

Neurodiversity Forever

This just in, your mom was wrong.

] Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich
] Bischinger said people who pick their noses with their
] fingers were healthy, happier and probably better in tune
] with their bodies.
]
] He says society should adopt a new approach to
] nose-picking and encourage children to take it up.

It may be a good way to help strengthen the immune system. We do it naturally when we are young, which is usually a good indication of things.

] And he pointed out that if anyone was really worried
] about what their neighbour was thinking, they could
] still enjoy picking their nose in private if they still
] wanted to get the benefits it offered.

File this under "keeping your nose clean".

Ananova - Top doc backs picking your nose and eating it

I'd like to share a little trick I just remembered...

I have this roommate who I generally like, but is capable of driving me completely fucking ape shit, by no fault of his own. Due to his schedule, around this time (6pm - 10pm) he is having friends over, and either laying down a constant stream of house music (which I hate), or in the living room watching some move or TV show. On the other hand, am usually trying (very hard) to work or concentrate on something around the same time. Its just bad timing. No fault of his, no fault of mine.

Most of the time, I really could care less about the noise present around me. I can sleep through just about anything. I can work through much. However, there are times when if a certain type of distraction present, I simply cannot concentrate. Noise and chaos are one thing. Information that jars you from what you are trying to parse or think about is another. Sometimes you need to just block everything else out and focus..

I suggest the pink noise. Loop it. Headphones help. They also keep the rest of your roommates from thinking you are completely nuts. Its only annoying for the first few minutes, then it fades into the background and as far as you are concerned, you are hearing nothing. However, don't overdo the volume or you will fatigue yourself. You want the minimal volume necessary to mask out the noise. If you have to turn it up loud enough where you start to get sound related fatigue, you were probably screwed to begin with.

Audio Test Signals Link - Rattle's Guide to Masking Out Shit

] We found that heavy coffee consumption substantially
] reduced the risk of Type 2 diabetes in both men and women

Oh, this is great news!

As Balls Deep suggested, I'm a great guinea pig for this study. I'm predisposed to type2. If I'm like every other male on my father's side, around 30 I gotta start watching the sugar levels..

CBS News | Coffee Cuts Risk Of Diabetes | January 5, 2004 20:13:38

This doctor removes alien implants from human hosts. Very interesting.

Dr. Roger Leir's - AlienScalpel.com

Your daily dose of evil for those of you that enjoy the more extreme sides of medical-related things -- with photos. I recommend especially the "Nevus pigmentosus (Mole)".

Rotten-esque medical photos

wilpig wrote:
] ] It took a year of testing and tasting to create the
] ] concoction.
] ]
] ] The Nicotini -- in regular and menthol -- was ready for
] ] routine consumption just as the smoking ban went into
] ] effect.
] ]
] ] "We made an announcement, picked up all the ashtrays and
] ] said: 'Sorry there's no more smoking, but we have this.'
] ] And [we] bought everybody in the house a drink," Wald
] ] said.
] ]
] ] The Nicotini is made by soaking tobacco leaves in vodka
] ] and then adding five different liqueurs to tame the
] ] tobacco flavor.
]
] You heard it right here and don't forget it. Smokers you have
] a new source for your buzz. Get them while they last because
] I'm sure someone somewhere will screw up and they will get
] outlawed.

I must find a bar in San Francisco that serves these!

RE: TheWBALChannel.com - Health Alert - Florida Bar Concocts Nicotine Drink

I'm quitting smoking. I have not had a smoke in roughly 36 hours.

I am _not_ happy. i want to killllllllllll

] The Tennessee Department of Health announced Thursday the
] first suspected case of severe acute respiratory
] syndrome, or SARS, in a Tennessee resident.

KnoxNews: SARS in Tennessee

] Widespread inbreeding in Saudi Arabia has produced
] several genetic disorders, Saudi public health officials
] said, including the blood diseases of thalassemia, a
] potentially fatal hemoglobin deficiency, and sickle cell
] anemia. Spinal muscular atrophy and diabetes are also
] common, especially in the regions with the longest
] traditions of marriage between relatives. Dr. Sakati said
] she had also found links between inbreeding and deafness
] and muteness.

Its not just the deep south..

Saudi Arabia Awakes to the Perils of Inbreeding