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From a very early age, we learn that optimism is the key to happiness. Unfortunately, when people catch a disease, especially an incurable one, they tend to lose their optimism and fall into depression, and this only aggravates their condition. Even though this attitude is perfectly explainable, as being ill is the essence of human suffering, [...]

Celebrating TopTenz.net’s 1,000th list coming up on August 3, 2012, here is our 2nd list this week about the number 1,000. In 1974, Gene Wilder, playing Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, screamed in an annoyed tone at a young medical student, “Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys!  I’m talking about the central nervous system!”  As long as [...]

Weight loss.  It’s one of the most common New Year’s resolutions, the thorn in some of our sides, and the word that fights gluttony on a daily basis.  For some, the simple equation of taking in less calories than you burn on a daily basis usually works and yields visible results.  For others, however, more [...]

2011 was an exciting time for the medical industry, with thousands of scientific breakthroughs bringing hope to patients and health experts across the world. Here, we give you our top 10 weird and wonderful medical developments of 2011: 10. Squalamine Virus killer found in sharks In September it was reported that a new compound found [...]

In choosing ten comebacks as the greatest of all-time some standard was necessary such an auspicious list.  My criteria involved two elements and within each element a measurement was used.  The elements were the nature of the setback and the prominence of the comeback.  The measurement for each was simply the greatness of the span [...]

The term Internet meme is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet.  The idea may take the form of a video, picture, website, phrase or just a word.  The meme will move from person to person via social networking websites, blogs, news sources and other web-based services.  Internet memes can spread rapidly, [...]

A lot of nasty things go on behind closed doors. Free from scrutiny, groups, governments, and companies often get up to no good, safe in the belief that their images will remain squeaky clean, no matter how filthy their actions may be. If not for the brave actions and dogged determination of a few men [...]

Television is a ubiquitous part of any child’s young life and helps them to see another window to the world they wouldn’t see otherwise. All of us have those shows from our past that we loved unconditionally as kids and still carry with us into adulthood nostalgia. On the flipside, we also all have those [...]

Extreme has (luckily) lost most of its buzz-word status. It’s mostly back to meaning things on the fringe, way out near the edges, where they blow our minds with their extremeness, rather than simply having 3 times the corn syrup and colors nature never intended. That being said, for every type of substance, there is [...]