Redneck bar wipeout from “Near Dark”

My favorite scene from one of the best vampire movies of my childhood. Rediscovered via Cinematical.


Near Dark Bar Scene
by CreatureCorner
June 20, 2009 | Filed Under Arts & Entertainment, Monsters, Movies, Multimedia, Online, Vampires, Video Clips | View Comments 

Worm therapy: get yourself dosed up with some parasites on purpose

ms-tapeworm-on-oprahI don’t know if “worm therapy” has any legitimate medical underpinnings, but hey, doctors love to sling leeches and handfuls of maggots around operating rooms willy-nilly these days, so maybe it’s time to invite the hookworms and tapeworms in to the party.

Hookworms cost $2400. The “dosing” is 10-24 worms. Suggested treatments:

The conditions that are actively being researched are Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Asthma, Allergies, Coeliac disease, Eczema, Multiple Sclerosis, and Psoriasis. There are theoretical reasons to believe that Atherosclerosis, Depression, Grave’s disease, Irritable bowel syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Sjorgen’s syndrome, Lupus, Migraine, Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasic Arthritis and Diabetes type I might respond.

Tapeworms are more of cosmetic thing. They seem to treat far fewer illnesses–the site only lists asthma and allergies–but that’s because the real purpose is weight loss. Fortunately, a tapeworm dosing is only $1400, so if you start saving now you’ll be able to afford one before you have to go to that wedding at the end of summer. I’m pretty sure, thought, that if you want to go the DIY route you can just eat some raw pork.

wormtherapy.com
(Photo: nayrb7)

June 1, 2009 | Filed Under Medical | View Comments