Category Archives: Medical
Just imagine the nightmares you can create for a character suffering from a sleep disorder. Tucked safely into bed, all cozy and content; never imagining sweet dreams are just prelude to violence.
Kenneth Parks stumbled into a police station and confessed to murder. He had bludgeoned his mother-in-law and father-in-law with a tire iron [...]
It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie - A woman loses her face in a horrific crime and then she receives a face transplant. Connie Culp received a miracle five years after a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole in the middle of face. Hundreds of bone splinters were embedded in her face; [...]
If you like science fiction or you like horror, this story is for you. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) a brain eating amoeba, called Naegleria fowleri, dwells in lakes and is responsible for the recent deaths of six individuals. This killer enters the body through the nose, latches onto the [...]
This story seems to come right out of a horror novel. There is a mysterious illness called Morgellons which has created some controversy in medical circles. The CDC just announced it will conduct a study to determine if Morgellons even exists. Since November 2006, the CDC has received about 100 calls a month,from patients, [...]
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, the story of a scientist who created a monster and repulsed by the results, abandoned the creature. Victor Frankenstein couldn’t escape responsibility for his experiment, haunted by the creature for the rest of his life. The book is a warning of science and technology gone unchecked, of man playing God without [...]
I’m always on the lookout for interesting plot ideas. Today I saw a story about a heart transplant recipient who took his own life. His donor also committed suicide. As if that wasn’t enough to make the story interesting, both the donor and recipient were in love with the same woman. Doesn’t [...]
I tend to research subjects for my writing related to crime, police investigations and forensics. Crimes, particularly violent crimes, are often associated with mental illnesses. I think writers have a responsibility to accurately represent mental illness rather than stereotyping or propagating misinformation. If you are incorporating mental illness into your work of fiction, learn about [...]
Science is unraveling the twisted minds of serial killers, looking to nature versus nurture to find the core of evil. If the source of evil can be identified, diagnosed like a disease, perhaps there is a cure. Investigating the most notorious serial killers has revealed three common components.
1. Abuse
Children who are abused, who also suffer [...]
Schizophrenia strikes without warning, destroying typical families, yet the horror endured is anything but typical. Days are filled with frightening hallucinations and paranoia. If diagnosed it can be managed with medications, but often the disease goes untreated with dire consequences. Deinstitutionalization has lead to an untreated mentally ill homeless population. Beneath the city streets, the [...]
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