The Shadow of Sin
Jul. 18th, 2012 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyThe medical newspaper we get at work had a special feature about social media and medicine this week. This included an article about the 'latest buzzword' in medicine: SoLoGloMoGaBi. Can something be a buzzword if it only has 875 results on Google? I don't think it can. (It stands for social/local/global/mobile/gamification/big data, if you're wondering, which is just a collection of words rather than a concept, as far as I'm concerned.)
The newspaper also has a regular medical myth busting feature. I'm sure you'll all be relieved to know that your eyeballs won't fall out of your head if you sneeze with your eyes open. Ever since I read that, I've been hoping I need to sneeze so I can check that. I don't think it's even possible to sneeze with my eyes open.
In other news, the people who make Libra feminine hygiene products print interesting trivia on the wrappers, so you can come out of the bathroom and say, 'Hey, did you know that buccula is the proper word for a double chin?' and amaze your friends and loved ones with your learned knowledge. Anyway, this is my source for saying that there are no rats in Alberta, Canada, and there hasn't been since 1905. I imagine it's because of some sort of eradication program, but I like the idea that they've lined the border with those ultrasonic repellent thingies.
The newspaper also has a regular medical myth busting feature. I'm sure you'll all be relieved to know that your eyeballs won't fall out of your head if you sneeze with your eyes open. Ever since I read that, I've been hoping I need to sneeze so I can check that. I don't think it's even possible to sneeze with my eyes open.
In other news, the people who make Libra feminine hygiene products print interesting trivia on the wrappers, so you can come out of the bathroom and say, 'Hey, did you know that buccula is the proper word for a double chin?' and amaze your friends and loved ones with your learned knowledge. Anyway, this is my source for saying that there are no rats in Alberta, Canada, and there hasn't been since 1905. I imagine it's because of some sort of eradication program, but I like the idea that they've lined the border with those ultrasonic repellent thingies.