"Poop for the Cure"
Bwaha! Bwahaha!
In a surprise twist, three doctors from Duluth, Minnesota decided to use poop to help cure their patients. Doctors Johannes Aas, Charles E. Gessert, and Johan S. Bakken used a stool transplant to cure reoccurring Clostridium difficile Colitis in 16 of their patients. You read correctly. Sick patients received stool from stool donors and became healthy because of the stool transplants.
(via MNspeak, where you really ought to read the comments)
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It seems that a rather effective way of treating colitis (an inflammation/infection of the colon) caused by Clostridium difficile is to [WARNING TO THE SQUEAMISH -- STOP READING NOW!] transplant stool from a healthy patient to one afflicted with C.... Read More
I'm sorry but I am NOT clicking on those links. There are some things I just don't wanna know.
and the doctor's name is aas? That's the funnieset part to me!
That's about all you need to know right there. But there aren't any pictures or anything. The MNspeak thread does kindly provide the emoticons for "back and forth forever" and also for goatse. Which I will provide here for reference.
back and forth forever: ))> <((
goatese: E(_O_)3
and the doctor's name is aas?
I know, right?
Holy crap!
(Couldn't resist)