How to cure diabetes
Most people think diabetes is incurable. I’m fat, because I have diabetes. No, you’re not. You have diabetes, because you’re fat. And diabetes is curable.
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Amputation in fiction: Captain Hook
Peter Pan is a great… I guess we can call it franchise. It’s vivid, interesting and appealing to both children and adults. Much like modern Shrek. Shrek, by the way, has a cameo of the play villain, Captain Hook, in second installment of the series.
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How to treat ingrown toe nail
Ingrown toe nail is a serious problem, with a threat of inflammation, edema and infection. It should be treated at once.
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Month Four: A dent in the regrowing fingernail
Twelve weeks have passed since my thumb lost its tip. As you can see, the removed fingernail is slowly growing back.
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Run, Terry, Run
Sometimes amputees do what many healthy people don’t. Terrance Stanley Fox (1958–1981), a Canadian right leg amputee, ran a 143 day marathon of 5373 km to raise worldwide awareness of cancer.
Voluntary amputation: toe bone removal
Plastic surgeons are offering a new procedure to their customers. It is called toe tuck, and it involves shortening or complete removal of bone inside toe pinky.
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With the first scratch anything is not new anymore
Whenever I buy anything, I try to protect its surface as long as possible. I buy screen shields, keyboard covers and silicone for my gadgets. I walk around new furniture and home appliances very carefully and use them only by handle. Because for me, even a minor surface damage moves anything from brand new to
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Amputation in fiction: The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown is one of the greatest literature discoveries in the recent years. His most famous book is Angels & Demons, which led him to international stardom. Much of the book criticism is based on Dan Brown not being the first one: a number of guys raised the same topic of religious symbolism before Brown,
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Socially acceptable prosthesis: hair additions
Every time I came along adds for cut-off hair purchase or natural hair extension services, I feel nausea.
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Celebrities missing fingers: Waqar Younis
Another sportsman, missing a finger. Waqar Younis Maitla, cricket fast bowler.
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