No it’s not. EKG is the old spelling from the German root - kardio instead of cardio. EKG and ECG are the same thing. You may be thinking of an electroencephalogram, EEG, which measures brain waves and is also diagnostic (if you’re lucky), not a treatment.

Like the Duffers, from Narnia. =) So wrong, so convinced they’re right...

There’s a bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae b - which can be vaccinated against. The Hib shots are given at 2 and 4 (and sometimes 6) months in the US. No evidence that this poor child had Hib disease, but it is one type of bacterial meningitis that can be prevented.

Clearly airplanes have never existed in Canada.

Ugh, yes, this. They are literally saying that their convenience is more important than other people’s lives. I am willing to bet they’re the same folks who show up at the ER with a hangnail and bitch that the guy coding in the next bed is getting seen faster.

Right there with you on the throat-punching. I can take over when your hand starts to hurt. My mother-in-law has schizophrenia. She’s better now that she’s older and her kids are old enough to help out - she still has delusions but holds a night job - but my husband’s stories from childhood are heartbreaking. And the…

Indeed. Jesus-wise, they’re doing it backwards. It makes more sense to allow innocent fetuses to go straight to Heaven, but leave sinners more time on earth to repent.

The thing that’s wrong is that none of the umbrellas work. If the Jesus umbrella kept out the rain then there’d be no need for any others underneath.

I get what you mean. And you’re right. The question has never been whether a z/e/f is alive... of course it is. The cells are respiring, dividing, doing the stuff living cells do. But that doesn’t *mean* anything. They’re just doing what a scadzillion other cells on the planet can do, from archaebateria to human…

Sorry. Naturopathy is bullshit, based on bullshit, and is at the very *best* worthless.

My PT said it stands for “pain and torture.” And she was right! But being able to walk again made it worth it. =)

Yes! I used to play this in class back in the day when I taught health and human sexuality. Contrast with “Business Time” by Flight of the Conchords. =)

There are CNMs, CPMs, and depending on what state you’re in a variety of untrained “professionals.” Certified Nurse Midwives have nursing degrees plus additional training (about equivalent to a Master’s degree) in obstetrics.

I want to star this but you have 666 stars right now and it’s too perfect.

Almost, except you forgot “I Just Had Sex.”

There’s no telling how what we learn from this will benefit people in the future. It’s knowledge worth having.

It's not available. It's experimental.

Fellow counselor! I have gotten great mileage from mine over fifteen years’ worth of costume parties. =)

I forget who told me this, but yes. He said it takes about as long to recover behaviorally as you were in space... that he’d let go of a pencil and be confused as to why it wasn’t there when he reached for it again, leaving a trail of scattered objects in his wake. And all of a sudden days are 24 hours again, instead…

I did all my post-surgery physical therapy in the pool at the local gym. Let me tell you how much fun crossing an icy parking lot on crutches is.