Category Archives: News

An oldman is declared dead by his odor

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Because of the stinky scent of his house and his absence in the streets nine days ago, neighbors of a mexican state called Aguascalientes, paramedics declared Jose Luis González dead. When paramedics opened the house were repelled by the bad … Continue reading →

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Blog’s First Anniversary

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Well, yesterday was this blog’s first anniversary and what a greater way to celebrate than to be “slashdotted.” Not exactly slashdotted, but dugg, wired, kevinned, NHSed, Emergiblogged and many more. For all the people who kindly linked to my site, … Continue reading →

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Doctor’s Day

Posted on October 23, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Today is the Doctor’s Day in Mexico. More facts in this earlier post. Congratulations to all my colleagues. “Your natural strenghts, those inside of you, will cure their diseases” Hippocrates

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Don’t believe in what you see

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Kittiwat Unarrom, a 28-years-old Thai student, bakes human being parts. Just a little detail, this parts are bread sculptures. He said: Of course, people were shocked and thought that I was mad when they saw the works. But once they … Continue reading →

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Limb to crotch (updated)

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Israel Sarrío arrived at the Rehabilitation Center of Levante from Hospital Peset in Valencia (Spain) on January 31st of 2004 with an amputation of the left arm 2 inches above the elbow. Click on images for large size At 14:00hrs, … Continue reading →

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New surgical retractor – patented

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

A new surgical retractor that is useful in three different kinds of surgeries, will be used in 171 countries and it was developed by Angel Raul Soriano Sanchez (Mexican Ob/Gyn from the National Institute for Social Security – IMSS), was … Continue reading →

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Read to Believe: Woman was treated for Breast Cancer that she never had

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Via Lynne Yurosko, a 56 years old woman, went to lumpectomy and 25 cycles of radiotherapy and she never had breast cancer. Yurosko’s biopsy samples were switched with another woman by a terrible made by Quest Diagnostics in Garden City. … Continue reading →

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First surgery with no gravity

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Click on images for large size A french surgical team leaded by Dominique Martin has performed the first surgery in a zero-gravity flight. The patient a 46 years old male, was a volunteer and he just needed local anesthesia in … Continue reading →

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National Survey for Health and Nutrition in Mexico (2006)

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

The 2006 National Survey for Health and Nutrition in Mexico (Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2006, a.k.a. ENSANUT) revealed that among mexican adults, 70 percent have obesity or overweight. There were not states in the Mexican Republic with smaller … Continue reading →

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Survival Story (update)

Posted on August 16, 2006 by Jon Mikel Iñarritu

Three fisheremen survive nine months at sea. Salvador Ordoñez Vázquez, Jesús Vidaña López and Lucio Rendón Becerra, are the fishermen who drifted 8,000 kilometres (4,971 miles) across the Pacific Ocean in an open boat for nine months are the toast … Continue reading →

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