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Drowing Death - A Teachable Moment by OurHealth Posted Tue 13 Jul 2010 3:16pm A few weeks back we issued a challenge to all black women to take swimming lessons and learn how to swim. Stay tuned for a great article from Denise W. At 29 years old she made it her goal to learn to swim by her 30th birthday. OurHealth reached out to her and she has agreed to share her story with us! In the meantime, please read this article ... Read on »

Does Ari Ne'eman want low functioning autistic children to die in drownings or traffic accidents? by Jonathan Mitchel Patient Expert

Posted Mon 14 Mar 2011 12:00am It seems that in the online petition crusade, the autistic self-advocacy network is at it again . In this, their latest crusade, they are complaining against a meeting that the CDC had where they are trying to add wandering as a medical diagnosis and Ne'eman and his cronies fear that somehow the civil rights of autistic children who engage in ... Read on »

Coronary Artery Disease: CABG vs. Stents?; Swimming Lessons & Drowning Risk in Children by Robert W. Posted Sun 08 Mar 2009 1:52am

2 Comments Health Report: Coronary Artery Disease: CABG vs. Stents? Swimming Lessons & Drowning Risk in Children "A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers..." By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated: 03/8/2009 The information in this column is intended for informati ... Read on »

Maggie's dead (or: How to explain a politician's death to your kids) by Maria Verivaki Patient Expert

Posted Tue 09 Apr 2013 10:04pm While driving my daughter to her basketball practice session this afternoon, we listened to the radio, as we always do in the car, the only place we listen to radio these days. A punk rock rhythm was beating out, interspersed with political statements voiced by what sounded like Arthur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher. The noise of the traffic ... Read on »

Ontario drownings: seniors by Jennifer J. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Dec 2008 3:17am Up here in cottage country our seniors keep taking risks that others will not. Drowning deaths in the highest risk group (18 - 24 year olds) have gone down in numbers, but still remain a current risk. Often alcohol is a factor, as demonstrated in June, 2008. Common sense flees with young men (formerly the highest risk group) exhibiting grandiose ... Read on »

More Death? by David B. Posted Wed 23 Jan 2008 12:00am I stumbled into work yesterday morning around 6am, BC (before coffee). It was dark, and quiet as usually is at 6am. I flipped on the lights, turned on the coffee pot, and headed out to the cold shop area. Turned on a few more lights and paused a few minutes to flip on the radio to drown out some of the dead silence and headed off to fire up ... Read on »

On Melancholy, Death and the Richness of Life by Laura Y. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 28 Oct 2010 11:46am This provocative essay is by Eric G. Wilson. Ours are ominous times. We are on the verge of eroding away our ozone layer. Within decades we could face major oceanic flooding. We are close to annihilating hundreds of exquisite animal species. Soon our forests will be as bland as pavement. Moreover, we now find ourselves on the verge of a ... Read on »

I’m not dead yet by f1000 Posted Wed 01 Feb 2012 11:26am Fans of Monty Python and the Holy Grail may smile when they hear that familiar dull clank, accompanied by the plaintive cry: bring out your dead! But not everybody is laughing, particularly those on the front lines of donation after cardiocirculatory death (DCD), a practice whereby medical teams remove organs for transplantation from indiv ... Read on »

Madame Pinson by Dr. Romeo V. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Sun 30 Nov 2008 11:03am Visitors to the sanitarium on the outskirts of Paris during the early years of the twentieth century would have been struck by her appearance. Living in a special villa on the sanitarium grounds, the elderly woman hardly spoke a word but her thin, refined appearance still had some traces of her former beauty. Her full-time attendant saw to all ... Read on »

Autism Can End Lives: Wandering and Drowning by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 19 May 2011 6:23am Those who don't believe that autism can be a deadly disorder, who believe that wandering from home and drowning is not a problem that should be associated with autism, will want to skip reports of yet another death by drowning of an autistic child that wandered from the safety of his home. This time the drowning occurred in Cushing, Oklahoma. ... Read on »