Friday, June 8, 2007

New Word for 2008 National Spelling Bee


Wiiitis

I'm not making this up. Honestly. The New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article describing a medicial condition coined "Wiiitis" with symptoms similar to tennis elbow or rotator cuff injuries.

To make things more bizzare, the article differentiates Wiiitis from Nintendinitis, a condition characterized by thumb soreness (button mashing FTW!). Nintendinitis has been recognized since 1990.

Fellow Wii owners, fear not! For there is a cure to Wiiitis. Dr. Julio Bonis, author of the medical journal article, suggests taking Ibuprofen and abstaining from Wii for a week. Wait, no Wii for a week? That's crazy talk! I guess there is no cure afterall.

CNN article

1 comment:

Nicky Schulze said...

I am currently experiencing Wiitis in my "pitching" arm. ~ Nicky