65: Kidney Stone Roller Coaster

Speaker 0 00:03 Welcome to brain junk. I'm Tracy <inaudible> and I'm Amy Barton. And this is a brainstorm. Are you a roller coaster fan trays? Nope. Oh, me either. So this is never going to help us. I like to, I like roller coasters from the ground at a distance where I can hear the people scream and that's about it. Yeah, I have the backpack holder on that voyage. Yep. It's my favorite thing to do at a theme park is to stand there with the backpacks cause it's peaceful and nobody bothers me. They're like nice mom. She's holding all the backpacks. Well, scientists have been awarded an IHG Nobel prize for their research regarding rollercoasters and the effectiveness of removing kidney stones. Oh No. I have a friend who had a horrible kidney stone go to the hospital thing this year. So, okay. I've gone to the theme park. Right. And she likes roller coasters. Speaker 0 00:52 All right, well this is good. Okay. Fill me in. The way they figured this out was the doctor had Dr. Mark Mitchell and David Wharton, juror of Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, had a patient come in and he had been on a rollercoaster and passed a kidney stone and he's like, that was either a big coincidence or maybe it worked. And so he wrote again, that didn't happen again. And so the patient came back and he's like, fuck the Da told his doctor. And you know, like we all tell our doctor, I found this thing on web MD and it totally works. So, but the doctor, you know, they talked about it and they love that. Yes. So professor Wharton jure, he built a silicone model of his patient's renal system and I totally wish I was at the theme park when this happened. He brought the renal system on the rollercoaster, including artificial kidney stones and took it with him and he rode the roller coaster and he watched to see what would happen. Speaker 0 01:45 And the artificial renal system pass to kidney stones. Big Thunder Mountain at Disney world in particular has an effective level of that vibration and the ups. And the downs and the sides decides isn't it rattles on loose. So this would be like if your kidney stone was stuck somewhere between your bladder pain, the exit, right. Hop on the roller coaster and it's going to move it closer to the end. Yeah. Wow. Amazing. Huh. That is pretty amazing. It's excellent. But we were talking the other day about this and there's also a lot of hazards to ride the roller coaster too. There's some bad medical stuff we're not going to talk about that we're just going to talk about. I just want to, ah, I'm trying to imagine this fellow has this bag thing and it's got the renal stuff and it's probably got water and everything, all loaded rollercoaster guy into letting him take it that they actually let him take it on there. It seems irresponsible. I trust me. I'll hold on tight. I'll buckle it in just like this. Yeah. You know, and it wasn't, it wasn't like the wow. And the 17 year old is like, well, he said he was a doctor. I don't know. He flashed this badge at me. I don't know what it was legit. He was holding on really tight. It was fine. Wow. On Big Thunder Mountain. Speaker 1 03:01 Well, if you want to hear more, we're on Facebook and Instagram as brain junk podcast, and you can find us on Twitter as at my brain junk, Amy and I will catch you next time with more of everything you never knew you wanted to know, and I guarantee you will not be bored. Speaker 2 03:18 <inaudible>.