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  • World's Smallest Artificial Heart Saves Baby's Life
    May 25, 2012
    In today's feel good story, doctors in Italy successfully implanted this lil titanium pump into the chest of a 16-month old boy to act as his heart until a donor heart was found. Just don't go thinking about how you find another 16-month old heart for transplant, because I jus... / Continue →
  • I Don't Feel So Hot: 180-Lb Tumor Removed From Leg
    January 10, 2012
    Note: Uncensored picture after the jump, is kinda rough to look at. Nguyen Duy Hai recently had a 180-lb tumor (nearly twice his own weight -- he's a small guy) removed from his leg. Needless to say, his professional sports career may be over. The tumor, which originated in ... / Continue →
  • Man Severs Fingertip, Grows New One From Stomach
    November 17, 2011
    Belly button lint? You got a belly button finger, bro! 20-year old Chinese furniture worker Wang Yongjun lost the tip of his middle finger flipping the wrong person the bird to a circular saw. It's all good though because doctors sewed his hand to his stomach and apparently ... / Continue →
  • That Looks Way Too Much Like A Ball: Peeling A Grape With The Prostate Surgical Robot
    September 30, 2011
    This is a video of a surgeon peeling a grape with the Da Vinci surgical robot to raise awareness for prostate cancer and help calm patient's nerves about the precision of the technology. Unfortunately, the doctor actually stabs the grape a couple times, which, while watching t... / Continue →
  • Surgery (I'll Be Hopped Up On Meds All Week)
    April 11, 2011
    I trust her. Hey guys, by the time you read this I'll be mid-operation. Nothing serious, apparently they just have to perform really drastic wiener reductions in phases. Thankfully, I wrote a bunch of articles yesterday that should auto-populate the site while I'm out today.... / Continue →
  • Doctor Folds And Flies Mini-Paper Airplane With Da Vinci Robot's Surgical Pincers
    April 2, 2011
    Penny pincers. Get it?! Me neither, the guy next to me at Starbucks told me to say it and he's been in the bathroom for 40 minutes now which is bad news. This is a video of a surgeon from Swedish Hospital in Seattle (THAT MAKES ZERO SENSE) showing off the dexterity of a Da V... / Continue →
  • Finally, Some Quality Lab-Grown Urethras
    March 8, 2011
    Seen here looking suspiciously like krazy straws, lab-grown urethras created from patients' own bladder cells have been successful transplanted and functioning properly. Please note: this doesn't mean you should go act all loosey-goosey with your wiener-tube. It's probably st... / Continue →
  • Rubik's Brain Cube: Now That's What I Call A Mind Game (Shoot Me Now, Don't Hesitate)
    February 18, 2011
    Note: Larger shot HERE in case your little sister's trying to argue it looks more like intestines than brains. SHUT UP LAURA BEFORE I TELL THAT BOY YOU LIKE YOU HAVE SCABIES. Geekologie's resident anatomy expert Jason Freeny (is it true women pee out of their butts?!) is at... / Continue →
  • Yes I'm A Doctor!: Stethoscope Headphones
    February 16, 2011
    Scalpel! I honestly can't believe these weren't invented earlier but they probably were and I just never heard about them because nobody keeps me in the loop. CARING MEANS SHARING DAMMIT! "Well, if you must know, I think I'm developing a rash on my--" UGH, ENOUGH ABOUT YOU ... / Continue →
  • WTF DID I JUST WATCH?!: PSP Phone (The 'Xperia Play') Gets First (Creepy) Commercial
    February 3, 2011
    I'm pretty sure that's not how you sell phones. Sell phones, get it?! LIKE CELL PHONES, DUMMY! This is a commercial for the new Sony Erickson 'Xperia Play' (Aka 'the PSP phone'). In case you couldn't tell, it's kinda dark. And creepy. Like my uncle's basement, but without... / Continue →