Medical Humor

Most days, she acts like she hates me - probably because I behave like an ass - but we both know the truth: Rainey O’Neil wants me just as much as I want her - she just doesn’t want to admit it. Good thing I’ve never been one to back down from a challenge.

Von den Abenteuern eines vergesslichen Mannes. Daniel Koch ist sportlich, freundlich und fühlt sich topfit. Dass er manchmal Sachen vergisst, kümmert ihn nicht, das passiert ja jedem mal. Dann aber sagt ihm seine Ärztin, dass er Alzheimer hat und der Verlauf der Erkrankung nicht aufzuhalten sei. Und tatsächlich, Daniel driftet sehr rasch immer mehr aus der Realität ab.

Nach der Geburt ihres vierten Kindes stolpert Frauenärztin Doktor Chaos sogleich von einem Ereignis ins nächste: Die neue Kollegin entpuppt sich als knallharte Konkurrentin und Ärzte verrückt machende Blondine. Mit Schwangerschaftsspeck auf den Hüften und Babykotze im Still-Dekolleté ertappt Josephine diensthabende Gynäkologen beim Sex am Arbeitsplatz, muss sich um die Schwangerschaft einer ungeliebten Chirurgin kümmern und riskiert durch den Streit mit einer Privatpatientin ihre Klinik-Karriere.

America is in trouble - at the mercy of a puzzling pathogen. That ordinarily wouldn’t lead to catastrophe, thanks to modern medicine, but there’s just one problem: the government supply of Dormigen, the silver bullet of pharmaceuticals, has been depleted just as demand begins to spike. Set in the near future, The Rationing centers around a White House struggling to quell the crisis - and control the narrative.

Jorge Comensal’s The Mutations is a comedy tracing the metastasis of Ramón’s cancer through his body and through the lives of his family members, colleagues, and doctors, dissecting the experience of illness and mapping the relationships both strengthened and frayed in its wake. Paying homage to forebears such as Sontag, Didion, and Tolstoy, and filled with a rough-hewn poetry of regret, rage, and, finally, resignation, The Mutations offers up a profound and funny cross section of modern Mexico, as well as a bold treatment of an unspeakable yet universal reality.

WARNING: Highly prone to spontaneous fits of delirium, irrational logic, and violent, unpredictable mood swings. This individual has been sober, swollen, and hungry for the past nine months, so proceed with caution and handle with care. Anything said during the course of labor and delivery should not be taken seriously. Side effects may last up to 18 years. Please consult your physician should castration occur. And never forget, this is all your fault.

Rendered paraplegic after a traumatic event four years ago, Cameron Harris has been living his new existence alongside his sister, Tanya, in their battered Biloxi, Mississippi, neighborhood where only half the houses made it through Katrina. One stiflingly hot August afternoon, as Cameron sits waiting for Tanya during their daily run to the Biz-E-Bee convenience store, he suddenly and inexplicably rises up and out of his wheelchair.

Cameroon, 1929. As colonial powers fight for influence in Africa, French military surgeon Eugène Jamot is dispatched to Cameroon to lead the fight against sleeping sickness there. But despite his humanitarian intentions, the worst comes to pass: seven hundred local villagers are left blind as a result of medical malpractice by a doctor under Jamot’s watch.

A New York story, a dark comedy, Balls tells of the thirty-year-old Henry Schiller, a songwriter and lounge-player, in love with a woman far younger and more musically gifted than himself, one with her eye on other men and the rise of her own career, whose crisis deepens when he discovers he has testicular cancer.

Medical student Seth Levine faces escalating stress and gallows humor as he struggles with the collapse of his romantic relationships and all preconceived notions of what it means to be a doctor. It doesn’t take long before he realizes not getting frazzled is the least of his problems. Didn’t Get Frazzled captures with distressing accuracy the gauntlet idealistic college grads must face to secure an MD and, against the odds, come out of it a better human being.

Líos amorosos, heridos de bala, apuñalados, perturbados agresivos, alguna que otra sobredosis, accidentes de tráfico… ¿Por qué alguien en su sano juicio hipotecaría sus fines de semana para quedarse a trabajar en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos y por un sueldo mísero? Alguien a quien se le ha ido un poco la olla, ¿no? ¿O más bien alguien que ha encontrado su vocación salvando vidas? Como Charlie, un enfermero recién licenciado cuya única manera de gestionar el estrés y la depresión laboral es haciendo memes.

These monitoring superheroes can spot a missing data point or an inconsistent study result faster than a speeding bullet! Even when it comes to dinner, a CRA will conduct a well-controlled, randomized trial! No more tangled noodles, only perfectly organized pasta strands!

Fictional and funny ways as to why asthma occurs.

Uno dei più famosi racconti cechoviani in cui si narra una storia ancora attualissima: uno squallido ospedale di provincia, i matti trattati come bestie, uno strano filosofo paranoico e un dottore in crisi con la professione e con il mondo intero. L'epilogo tragi-comico è in puro stile cechoviano.

Eines Nachts fällt der Hypochonder Herr Wunderlin in den Schlaf und in seine Innenwelt. Intropolis ist eine skurrile Reise in den Mikrokosmos, ins Reich der Kotzmopolypen, wo in Hinterzimmern der Leber, Einzeller Glücksspiele betreiben und großbusige Monaden Striptease tanzen. Herr Wunderlin begegnet mexikanischen Mikroben, antibiotikaabhängigen Streptokokken und der kriminellen Halbwelt der Darmflora. Was, wenn winzige Terroristen versuchen den Laden zu übernehmen und augenlose Einzeller gerade seinen Umsturz planen?

Nurse Kit Carson, working per diem as a hired gun in WellMart's emergency department joins a medical vigilante group intent on taking down the evil sheriff Bully Ratzer and his posse of thugs. In this episode, Carson has been assigned to deliver the exotic dancer Balmy Wether to Wyoming territory for safekeeping with the Arapaho people.