[ So, Spock, how are your migraines?]At least, the patient had green blood, like Mr Spock. Doctors at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital came across something highly illogical when they tried to put an arterial line into a patient about to undergo surgery: his blood was dark green. Blood tests indicated that the man had a rare condition called
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