Fritzl Case Update: Underground Prison Lacked Oxygen

Telegraph.co.uk reported today that, “a chronic shortage of oxygen in the cellar Josef Fritzl built for his daughter and their children made them so listless that for most of the time they could only sit or lie down.”
“The windowless bunker … was hermetically sealed by a remote controlled door weighing half a ton and had [...]

Mystery Illness on Train Claims One Life, 6 Others Being Treated

UPDATED:
A Via Rail passenger train, en route from Vancouver to Toronto, Canada is under quarantine, after a 60-year-old woman died from a mysterious flu-like ailment. Another passenger was airlifted to hospital, while five others with similar symptoms are being treated on the train.
“However, the death of the 60-year-old woman does not appear to be connected [...]

Married Man is Five Months Pregnant!

Now here’s a gender-bending story…
Thomas Beatie used to be a woman until he had gender reassignment surgery. And, now, the married Oregon man is pregnant and expecting a baby girl in July.
Mr. Beatie kept his female organs when he changed genders and, since his wife Nancy can’t have kids due to a hysterectomy, he decided [...]

Newborn Falls through Toilet onto Train Tracks

A baby Indian girl survived after falling through the metal tube of a train’s toilet and spending almost 1 1/2 hours lying on the tracks.
The infant’s mother, 33-year-old Bhuri Kalbi, was traveling to a medical appointment with relatives, when she unexpectedly gave birth in the train’s washroom and lost consciousness.
When her family checked on her [...]

Wanna Free Boob Job?

I’ve already blogged about this over at Ask Anita. But, for those of you who don’t read my other blog, here it is again…
So… have you heard about Karla-Rae Morris?
She’s a 26-year-old Canadian woman who has received $8,000 (yes, $8000!) in donations (yup! DONATIONS) to have her breasts enlarged!
“How did she manage that?” you ask.
By [...]

Dying Woman Refused Oxygen on Plane

I’m afraid of flying at the best of times, mostly due to lack of control should something go wrong while I’m trapped 30,000 feet above the ground. Here’s a perfect example of just such a situation…
According to a story on CNN.com, 44-year-old Carine Desir died on an American Airlines flight, because she didn’t receive the [...]

Ewww Gross! Man Finds Mouse Head in Hospital Dinner

Everyone knows that hospital food isn’t the greatest. In fact, it’s usually downright horrid. But still… you’d expect the kitchen staff would know the difference between a rodent and, say, a rutabega.
And yet, a patient in a Finland hospital “lost his appetite” after finding a mouse head gazing up at him from the steamed veggies [...]