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Posted on April 26, 2007
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Study Finds Dangers in Sword Swallowing
This should come as no surprise to anyone but a study reported in the British Medical Journal has found that sword swallowing can be a dangerous activity. The study of 110 sword swallowers found information on about 46 of them. They found that complications from sword swallowing are more likely when the swallower is "distracted or swallows multiple or unusual swords or when previous injury is present." That makes sense. Here are some of the kinds of injuries sword swallowers complained of.
Thirteen respondents did not volunteer any medical information, but 19 described sore throats, usually when they were learning to swallow, after performing too frequently, or when they were swallowing multiple or odd shaped swords. Lower chest pain, often lasting days, followed some performances and was usually treated by abstaining from practice. They rarely sought medical advice. Six suffered perforation of the pharynx or oesophagus. Three of these had surgery to the neck, one having a 1.5 cm laceration at the level of D2 and a pneumothorax, one a pinhole laceration at C6 and surgical emphysema, and the other having a pharyngeal tear. The perforations were treated conservatively in three patients, one of whom had a second perforation with aspiration of a neck abscess after further injury. Three others also had probable perforations, one of whom was told that a sword had "brushed" the heart, and one had pleurisy and another pericarditis after injury, suggesting extraoesophageal trauma. No one underwent thoracotomy, although one had a breadknife removed transabdominally. Sixteen mentioned intestinal bleeding, varying in quantity from melaena or finding some blood on a withdrawn sword to large haematemases necessitating transfusion. No members of the association had died from sword swallowing, but the cost of medical care was a concern with three members receiving medical bills around $23,000 - $70,000
These results make you wonder if a similar study on knife throwing would also reveal risks and injuries? (via That's Fit -> Boing Boing)
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Posted on February 16, 2007
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Writers Write, Inc. Launches VideoNacho.com
Writers Write, Inc. announces the launch of VideoNacho.com. VideoNacho.com features the Web's hottest short videos and film clips. Video Nacho's editors find the best videos on the Web so you don't have to: music, comedy, pets antics, social commentary: it just has to be entertaining. Enjoy a delicious short new video snack every afternoon. Calorie-free, it's sure to give you a lift!
VideoNacho.com is the twentieth blog to join the Writers Write Lifestyle Network. It follows the launch in May, 2006 of WatchersWatch.com, a blog covering what's hot in movies and television.
Posted on October 18, 2006
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Writers Write, Inc Launches WatchersWatch.com
We love to watch! TV, Film and video, that is. We're happy to
announce the launch of WatchersWatch.com, our new blog about what's hot in movies, television and videos.
What's hot this week at WatchersWatch? Why it's the Da Vinci Code,
of course. Dan Brown's international bestseller opened in wide release
Friday, May 19, 2006 and has already made $224 million worldwide
in its first weekend, making it the second biggest opening weekend of all
time.
You can find our Da Vinci Code review roundup, the scoop on the new fall TV shows and much more at: http://www.watcherswatch.com
Posted on May 21, 2006
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Thin Man Eats 6,500 Calories Each Day
Matt Chaffee only weighs 101-pounds despite a large diet of 6,500 calories. A stomach condition makes it extremely difficult for Chaffee to gain weight. The Associated Press article on MSNBC.com says Chaffee hopes that if keeps drinking protein shakes he will reach his goal weight of 120 pounds.
Chaffee, who has a 26-inch waist, had several health problems as a newborn. One of them, pyloric stenosis, prevents food from emptying out of the stomach. The condition and ulcers he developed in his esophagus reduced his ability to gain weight.
Chaffee weighed 8 pounds when he was 4 months old, and 17 pounds when he reached kindergarten, his mother said. He was up to 85 pounds at age 14, but couldn't participate in some activities, including swimming.
"He sinks like a rock," his mother, Kelley Chaffee, told the Post Register.
Since turning 18 his goal has been to go over 100 pounds. He achieved that on a diet that included 5,000 calories a day in protein shakes.
You can read more about pyloric stenosis here. We hope Chaffee can reach his goal!
Posted on May 17, 2006
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