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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/02/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    "A new retrospective study found that patients admitted to hospitals with traumatic head injuries had a higher rate of survival if they'd been drinking."

    yeah but... they also had a higher rate of admission, too.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/29/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    How weird. I just made a joke last night about Jell-O shots in the ER. Oddly enough that's also where I happened to be at the time.

    Oh yeah, and no amount of alcohol could make that orange Jell-O taste good...ugh!
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    09/29/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    I think a lot of head injuries that arrive in the ER are caused by drinking though, so kinda ironic.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    09/29/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: it's a vicious cycle. a delicious vicious cycle.
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    Image of Pegritz Pegritz
    09/29/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    There *has* to be something to this. As many times as I've fallen down stairs, smashed my face into the side of trains (that happened *twice*), and otherwise abused my poor brain's chassis while in an utter drunken stupor, I *should* probably be a vegetable in a bed somewhere. But thanks to alcohol, I'm still (semi)lucid and have control of my limbs...more or less!
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    09/29/09

    @Pegritz: This was known back when I was in medical school. The theory is that drunks are limp, they don't tense up, so the injuries are less severe.
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/29/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    So, I should have a few drinks before I go riding my motorcycle without a helmet?
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    Image of Gann Gann
    09/29/09

    @Anekanta: I guy that lived in the apartment next to me used to do that. I remember him every time I drive by and see the flowers and cross his family leave next to the tree he broke his neck on.
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    Image of Janglesatwest Janglesatwest
    09/29/09

    @Gann: Way to be a buzzkill.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    09/29/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    A friend in college fell 3 stories off a roof onto concrete and only broke a thumb. He'd been drinking grain alcohol, which I suspect makes your head lighter than air.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    09/29/09

    @BadUncle: A friend of mine flew from his bike a couple meters before hitting a brick wall with his head. Needless to say, alcohol was involved. An hour and some bandages later he was eating hotdogs like a champ
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/29/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    I am going to guess that it has to do with blood viscosity, either because of the alcohol itself or the dehydration that it promotes.
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    Image of John ya ya John ya ya
    09/29/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: Viscosity, yep. Dehydration uh huh.

    Another round please.
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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    09/29/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    One obvious question is whether the effect occurs during injury, after or both. The Nazis would have conducted controlled experiments on humans. As it is, very likely someone will do so with animals.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    09/29/09

    @Mathmos: So... Frat guys then?
    I mean, they are basically animals, right?

    At least the ones that party here in Vegas are.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/29/09

    @Dunny0: You mean Frat Kittens.
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    Image of strideo strideo
    09/29/09

    In reply to A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain
    A friend of mine who has a doctorate in biochemical engineering keeps claiming that people who drink no alcohol usually turn out to be unhealthy and that people who drink too much alcohol also tend to be unhealthy so the key to living a longer life is to average about two drinks a day.

    On certain nights when he drinks a lot he tells me he is making up for days when he didn't drink anything. Works for me.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    09/25/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    this is great.i read about this yesterday
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    Image of Xsuit Xsuit
    09/25/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    Who needs microchips when we have teeth?
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    Image of Kevin Frushour Kevin Frushour
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    This pleases me - it will be good for old folks whose vision is deteriorating. I wonder if they'd be recycled after death.
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/24/09

    @Kevin Frushour: Naw, the components would most likely be obsolete by then.
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    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    09/25/09

    @Anekanta: Maybe it'll be like all those folks who donate their glasses to send off to poor countries. "You may not be able to afford the latest model, but how about this twenty-year-old jobbie? We'll make sure to get all the eye-goo off of it!"
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    Image of Yamato Yamato
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    Science 1, Religion 0
    oops! =P
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/24/09

    @Yamato: I'd kind of like to have both, thanks very much. It's not a zero sum game.
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    Woah. The first cyborg's just around the corner. Best Century Ever.

    I'm already planning on which body parts I'm gonna swap out first.
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    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    09/25/09

    @Bigdamnhero: Oh, there've been cyborgs for as long as humans have been putting on animal skins to keep warmer. And eyeglasses - now there's a way to modify your body to do something it might not be good at any more. And heck, they're detachable!

    But even in terms of our usual idea of cyborgs, with computer chips and metal prostheses actually replacing human body parts, these have been around for a long time too.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    The Wired article mentions two other studies going on.

    Tleilaxu eyes for the masses, coming soon.
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/24/09

    @Golem100: That's good; I just lost mine to a stone burner...
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