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Reflections on Death, #1: Recycling of the Dead (An Excerpt from Death & Sex) by Chelsea Green Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:00pm The following is an excerpt from Death & Sex by Tyler Volk and Dorion Sagan. It has been adapted for the Web. From chapter 4: Recycling of the Dead When carbon ends its “lifetime” in the biosphere, it doesn’t stop being carbon. It merely passes into a deeper zone. One is reminded here of ancient myths that [...] Read on »

Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs) and Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) by FDA Posted Wed 30 Jun 2010 9:00pm to resolve them. Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs) and Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) are the processes that FDA follows to determine the risks of certain device problems.... The evaluation g uides FDA in determining the risk to the public from the defective product and appropriate actions for the firm and the FDA to take to protect public health. HRA Read on »

Treating the Dead and Redefining Death by Linda MacDonald Glenn Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:17pm : "But if the cells are still alive, why can't doctors revive someone who has been dead for an hour? Because once the cells have been without oxygen for more than five minutes, they die when... deficits from brain death organ transplantation and termination of treatment decisions for the brain-dead and neurologically impaired Read on »

SUGAR SHOCK! Can Be Deadly: High Blood Sugar Triggers About 3.1 Million Deaths A Year, Researchers Find by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:11pm the world are unnecessarily dying just because their blood sugar levels soar too high. What pains me is that these deaths are, by and large, unnecessary! What it comes down... are due to diabetes. That addds up to some 3.1 million people each year dying from high blood glucose each year. (And that's, of course, more than the 2.4 million yearly deaths Read on »

Calvin Coolidge Is Dead: What Does "Death" Mean? by Thaddeus Pope Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 11:03am in the other direction, to constrain the definition of death. Bob Truog is right. We do "gerrymander" the criteria we use to call people dead to reach the results we want, especially... President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) had such a reputation as a man of few words that upon hearing the news of his death, popular poet Dorothy Parker quipped "How can Read on »

Yes, Brain Death Means You Are Really Dead! by Bob Aronson Patient Expert

Posted Wed 16 May 2012 8:16am Are brain dead patients really dead? That’s the question many people are asking because of stories circulated by irresponsible journalists, TV shows and movies who seek sensational plots and people who just refuse to acknowledge the facts. The simple answer to this question is, “Absolutely. If you’ve been declared brain dead by a qualifie ... Read on »

Evaluations & Assessments by Lisa Patient Expert

Posted Sat 06 Jun 2009 12:05am to the process of evaluation and assessment--of defining the need for assistance and, by default, pointing out all the ways a person is "broken" and needs "fixed". I realized recently... detail of her assessments. General areas of strength and areas needing focus are plenty of information. Bridget was just over five months old when we had her first evaluation Read on »

Re-evaluations. testing and assessments galore by Melissa .. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 16 Mar 2011 5:46am Poor Thomas has been through so much testing, re-testing and assessments in the past few weeks he has NOT been looking forward to going to his therapy sessions. Although most try to make it quick and fun....he still doesnt care for it. I have anxiety. I'm having trouble sleeping...not falling asleep ~ but staying asleep. I wake up thinking Read on »

Unit: Living with death and dying - OpenLearn LearningSpace - The Open University by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:16am life * Assess the quality of dying * Critically examine the notion of a ‘good death’ in relation to individual experience * Recognise the implications of the diverse values... Unit: Living with death and dying - OpenLearn LearningSpace - The Open University: "By the time you have completed this unit you should be able to: * Relate beliefs Read on »

Jharkhand primitive tribes on death trail, 20 die by Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 18 Dec 2009 11:03pm to food poisoning while social workers say malnutrition caused the deaths. Eight members of Birhor tribe and nine of Baiga in Hindiyakala village of Chatra district alone have died early this month, officials said. Two members of the Birhor tribe died in Koderma district in the last one week while one death has been reported from Dumka district Read on »