The Medical Treatment Only Dracula Could Love
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What Were They Thinking?
You say you feel tired, run down, achy and breaky? Well, fortunately your barber (yes, the same guy who trims your coif) has just the cure: He hangs you upside down while slicing open an artery to let your blood drain out.
And while there's very little evidence this kind of age-old medical remedy will make a sick person feel better, there's plenty of evidence that it can make a sick person feel dead. Listen, shake your head in disbelief and learn all about it in this episode.
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