Medical
Man gropes nurse who was helping deliver his baby
Ogden, Utah — Ogden police have arrested a Bountiful man for allegedly groping a nurse who was helping the woman who was in labor with his child.
Ogden police Lt. Loring Draper says 30-year-old Adam Jay Manning brought a pregnant woman to a hospital early Friday.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported on its Web site that Manning allegedly made a comment about how cute the nurse was who came to help the couple. Draper says he then allegedly told the nurse something looked wrong with her neck and attempted to massage it before grabbing her breast.
The nurse pushed Manning away and reported the incident to police. He was arrested on suspicion of felony forcible sexual abuse and missed the birth of the child.
Draper says it’s unclear whether the woman who gave birth is married to Manning or is a girlfriend.
No phone listing for Manning could be found.
Thanks Mike F
Putting your affairs in order
The doctor, after an examination, sighed and said, ‘I’ve got some bad
news. You have cancer, and you’d best put your affairs in order.’
The woman was shocked but managed to compose herself and walk into the
waiting room where her daughter had been waiting.
‘Well, daughter, we women celebrate when things are good, and we celebrate
when things don’t go so well. In this case, things aren’t well. I have
cancer. So, let’s head to the club and have a martini.’
After 3 or 4 martinis, the two were feeling a little less somber. There
were some laughs and more martinis.. They were eventually approached by
some of the woman’s old friends, who were curious as to what the two were
celebrating.
The woman told her friends they were drinking to her impending end, ‘I’ve
been diagnosed with AIDS.’
The friends were aghast, gave the woman their condolences and beat a hasty
retreat.
After the friends left, the woman’s daughter leaned over and whispered,
‘Momma, I thought you said you were dying of cancer, and you just told
your friends you were dying of AIDS! Why did you do that??’
‘Because I don’t want any of those bitches sleeping with your father after
I’m gone.’
And THAT, my friends, is what is called, ‘Putting Your Affairs In Order.
Thanks Gary J
Pain – It’s all in your head
From The Brain Book
Just how much you respond to pain depends partly on the cingulate area – the inner part of the big valley that runs across the top of the brain from front to back.
People can develop the ability to tone down activity in this region by learning to shift attention away from the pain stimulus, creating a painkilling effect.
Burns victims experience pain relief when using virtual reality glasses to immerse themselves in a cooling environment – this distracts attention away from pain.
How a heart attack causes arm pain
From The Brain Book
It seems unconnected to a cardiac attack and yet arm pain is a common sign that the heart is in trouble. This is because it’s a form of referred pain.
This occurs when nerve fibers from areas that receive a lot of sensory input, such as the skin, and nerves from low sensory input, such as the internal organs, enter the spinal cord at the same location.
The brain expects to be receiving the data from high sensory areas, so misinterprets the location of the pain.
For instance, in a cardiac attack, pain signals from the heart converge with those from the arm as they enter the spinal cord. The brain interprets them as coming from the arm rather than the heart.
