http://www.toptenz.net Life, on the short list. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:01:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-healing-techniques.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-healing-techniques.php#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:40:23 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=4090 In today’s world when we think of healing someone, you probably think of medicine, vaccinations, and other common things that every doctor seems to use. However, in the past, before medicine wasn’t nearly as advanced as it is today, there were plenty of bizarre techniques used in order to heal or cure someone. Below is a [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-healing-techniques.php/feed 8 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-rarest-diseases.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-rarest-diseases.php#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:10:39 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3949 While we’ve all heard of diseases, seen someone with a disease, and had a disease personally, it’s unlikely that we’ve encountered a rare disease. In the non-medical world, people use and interchange disease to mean infection, sickness, illness, or something similar. In the medical world, a disease is an abnormal condition that impairs bodily functions [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-rarest-diseases.php/feed 2 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-pandemics.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-pandemics.php#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 05:01:24 +0000 Evan Andrews http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2988 The death toll from it has yet to reach 100, but an outbreak of swine flu has gotten huge amounts of attention in the media in recent weeks. Even though regular flu viruses have killed thousands in that time, swine flu is all over the news because of worry that it could escalate into a [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-pandemics.php/feed 5 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-to-love-viruses.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-to-love-viruses.php#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 05:09:04 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2890 Viruses can often be seen in a very poor light, but they aren’t all bad. In fact, we humans probably wouldn’t exist without viruses. Author Michael Brooks writes about the upside of sharing the planet with these ruthless killer machines. Here are the top 10 reasons to love viruses. Ah-Choo! 10. The virus gave us complex [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-to-love-viruses.php/feed 9