Humorous Healthcare Headlines, Part 1

"Calling all carbs: Dietitian hired to arrest officer obesity" (AP)

– Now that's funny!

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"Stink Bombs Could Save Lives" (NPR)

– A humorous header for a serious topic – how hydrogen sulfide gas may help heart attack and trauma victims stay alive. (For more information, see the November 2007 PNAS article: Hydrogen sulfide attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by preservation of mitochondrial function.)

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"Unknown Virus Circles Hospital" (WESH.com)

– What, like a vulture?

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"Dead Rodent Stops Operation" (Reuters)

– That's one powerful (or scary) rodent.

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"Early alcohol may fuel heavy drinking, rats show" (Reuters)

– I knew it could only be a matter of time before rats took over the research and began publishing!

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