On a recent Google tangent, I came across one of the odder glandular pastimes — a little something called prostate milking. What began as a medical method of expunging excess fluid and seminal from inflamed prostates has become a newfound way for gentlemen to, um, well, you know, feel good. Really good, apparently. Some say it’s dangerous if not done correctly, and, as you might imagine for something that’s equivalent to your doctor getting you off, alternative treatments, such as laser therapy, may come to replace the practice entirely — in a medical setting at least.
Archive for October, 2009
Milking It
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2009See More Guts
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2009
This little guy looks none too happy about having his guts exposed to the world, but he’s still very handsome and way cooler than the Invisible Man. This fabulous clay figurine is entitled Anatomical Mook and was made by ilovegreyskies on Etsy. As long as we’re talking about Etsy, have you Regretsy‘d yet today? {Thanks, Pollyanna!}
Organ Donor App
Posted: Thursday, October 29th, 2009
I recently visited the DMV to replace my lost driver’s license (for the second time in a month — don’t ask). While I was at it, I re-signed up for the organ donor program. Turns out, if I was cool enough to have an iPhone, I could have given my guts away via telephone. It would be kind of sick and macabre if you could say which organs, too. Click here to donate your heart! Click there to donate your liver! {via The New York Times}
Chew Your Food
Posted: Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Your mom always tiold you not to swallow gum, and here’s another good reason to leave the sticky stuff out of your stomach — you can make fantastic art with it. Kevin Van Aelst has fashioned his chewed-up Bubble Yum and Trident into a wonderfully tiny digestive system, stuck it under a table, and took a photo. Take the time to check out his chromosomes fashioned from Gummi Worms and heart made from a pile of laundry. {via Boing Boing}
Trick or Thyroid
Posted: Thursday, October 29th, 2009
I don’t know if you’ve ever read the blog Dear Thyroid, but if you haven’t, you’re in for a treat. Example: “I happen to love Halloween. Because I have Graves’ Ophthalmopathy and I’m a sphere on mini-stilts (5’4), I am a walking costume. I can go to parties, if I choose to, as a pissed off Graves’ disease patient.” Hilarious. Anyway, it got us thinking about Graves — a condition related to an overactive thyroid that causes the eyes to bulge from the sockets, used for comedic advantage by the likes of Marty Feldman and Rodney Dangerfield. A UCLA study recently looked into why the condition attacks the eye sockets. Turns out the problem isn’t all the thyroid‘s fault, but trouble also lies with defective infection fighting T-cells (which mature in our good friend the thymus), which attack the eye tissue.
Sexy New Undies
Posted: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
We are extremely excited to introduce our first pair of I Heart Guts underwear! These fancy pants feature the ovary and testicle in a chance encounter on your panties. At first we wanted to call them Reproductive Booty Shorts, for ladies looking for something special to wear while trying to conceive, but let’s be real. You might not want to tangle with the DNA of some of the gentlemen you take home with you. So we thought about The Sexuality Knickers instead, but that sounds so American Apparel. So they’re Sexy Booty Shorts. Do what you will with them, we won’t judge.
Bladder in Every Cup
Posted: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Ever wonder why coffee makes you pee so much more? You likely know caffeine is a diuretic, meaning, something that causes your kidneys to produce more urine. We were wondering if all this extra pee processing was tough on the ol’ bladder, however, research has shown that coffee’s diuretic effects aren’t that much stronger than, say, a glass of water. So unless you’re mainlining five cups a day, or you have bladder issues, your lovely ol’ excretory system should be able to handle your coffee needs so you can stay perky.
Anatomically Inspired
Posted: Monday, October 26th, 2009
British designer Katie Arie turned her fashion week men’s collection inside out with her guts-inspired designs for spring 2010. Her models wore giant tattoos that made their bones and viscera peek out from under shorts cut to look like muscles. We’re especially hot for organ-covered tees (of course), the golden ribcage breastplate and goofy googly-eyed glasses. {via Kanye West’s blog. Thanks, Chuva!}
Pancreas Party
Posted: Monday, October 26th, 2009
We liked this visualization of what it’s like to be diabetic and have to monitor your glucose all the time, from Moments of Being Me on Flickr. This guy is pretty high tech, too, with the cool iPhone app that monitors blood sugar and insulin doses, glucose meter and insulin pen. And of course we hope that happy little pancreas helps through the blood sugar highs and lows.
Brain Balloon
Posted: Monday, October 26th, 2009
Fly the neural skies with this awesome brain balloon, created by the International Brain Foundation to bring attention to our wonderful brains and some of the diseases and disorders that cause problems with it. From the website’s schedule, it looks like this giant brain won’t be floating by you anytime soon, but we still heart it anyway, maybe because our heads are already in the clouds.
