Worse than Rob Kardashian's designer sock collection? Read more

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Good luck, Bingo Bongo! Read more

Six cases of measles in Manhattan since February 5; twenty-seven cases of mumps at Fordham University. Read more

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While I was researching this piece, I came across a surprising stat: the 1905 college football season produced 18 deaths and 149 serious injuries. Read more

I can't vouch for the accuracy, but this article says the top 5 reasons for going to the ER are: Read more

Fascinating. I haven't seen that study, but I wonder if it's the reverse — that people with higher testosterone levels (and higher sperm counts) simply choose to root for winners. Read more

Intriguing idea; you could be on to something. Read more

You're mistaken. Peyton Manning used adipose-derived adult stem cells that can turn into many different kinds of cells. A group in Norway (Gaustad et al) recently reported that they'd turned adipose-derived adult stem cells into heart cells.
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Similar concept but what Peyton is doing is different. Kobe had platelets injected into his knee. http://regressing.deadspin.com/is-kobe-blood-… Read more

Winter is a tough time. These guidelines hopefully help people gain some insight into what constitutes "at-risk" behavior. Definitely doesn't mean you're going to develop a serious medical problem if you have fifteen drinks per week, but you are putting yourself at risk. Read more

These are consensus guidelines to help people determine if their seemingly innocuous behavior is actually putting them at risk for alcohol use disorder, which is associated significant physical and psychiatric morbidity. Read more

Turns out you can masturbate too much. In men it can cause chronic penile lymphedema: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2179268… Read more

That is a bit unusual. For me the lethal liquid is tequila. Read more

Depends. If you did five shots of vodka one night and five shots of whiskey on a different night, would the vodka hit your harder? Read more

A writer from the Smithsonian Magazine lifted structure, obscure scientific references & anecdotes from my hangover piece without citing my column. bit.ly/1ao86VH Read more

Friends and family swear by it, but I still haven't tried five hour energy... Read more

What about smelling salts? Read more

I completely glossed over the performance-enhancing effects of breath mints. Tip of the hat to you, Megadump. Read more