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Stayin’ Alive

By Murk | Published: October 19, 2008
Researchers were looking for a well known song with the right beat to help people get the pace right when performing CPR. With lovely irony they found that the BeeGees "Stayin’ Alive" is perfect.
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Unicef Bicycles

By Murk | Published: June 26, 2008
Unicef have a nice programme at the moment involving bicycles. For 25 quid, you can buy a bicycle which will be given to a health worker to enable them to travel further to see more villages. This’ll increase access to widwifery, vaccinations and so forth. From the USA, the cost is $40. One more bicycle has been sent [...]
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Acupuncture gone Wrong

By Murk | Published: January 15, 2005
A Taiwanese woman, who decided to go for acupuncture, neglected to inform the acupuncturist that she had previously had breast implants. Over the following weeks she went from a D cup to an A cup, and then sought assistance. Fortunately for her the implants were saline rather than silicone.
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