Health knowledge made personal
Please enter a search word or phrase.
The search word cannot have more than 100 characteres.
Top Causes Of Death - Articles
Suicide: Top 10 Cause of Death in U.S Men
by
k
Posted
Thu 04 Jun 2009 10:33pm
The news of David Carradine’s death ( David Carradine Dead From Apparent Suicide ) might have not registered with me had I not read of his cause of death, reportedly by hanging. That’s how my brother took his life four years ago.
Did you know that suicide is the number 8 cause in the United States for death among men? They make up 80% of total
Read on »
Top 10 Causes of Death - World Health Organization!
by
Tonie K.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:25pm
1 Comment
The 10 leading causes of death rated according to wealth of the countries.
Inormation supplied by the World Health Orginization.
High-Income Countries
Deaths in millions
% of deaths
Coronary heart disease
1.34
17.1
Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases
0.77
9.8
Ttachea, bronchus, lung
Read on »
Treating the Dead and Redefining Death
by
Linda MacDonald Glenn
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 »
Calvin Coolidge Is Dead: What Does "Death" Mean?
by
Thaddeus Pope
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... was certainly for a good cause. But perhaps it is time to expose those judgments and face some of our tragic choices.
Truog suggests that debate over the definition of death will abate
Read on »
Yes, Brain Death Means You Are Really Dead!
by
Bob Aronson
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 »
"Brain Dead" Boy "Dies"
by
Wesley J. Smith
Posted
Tue 23 Dec 2008 9:14pm
dead is not really dead, they are right.
But let's leave the matter be for now. A young boy has died leaving rending grief in the tragedy's wake. Our deepest sympathies.... From the story:
The boy had already been declared brain dead, but some adherents of Jewish religious law say death occurs only when the heart and lungs stop functioning
Read on »
Learning from the “Dead” and “Dying” : Coronary care unit secrets !
by
Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Sun 14 Feb 2010 9:37am
.
The commonest mode of death is electrical, ie primary VF.
Mechanical deaths are also equally important. Free wall rupture carries 100% mortality . Ischemic MRVentricular septal rupture (VSR ) may also result in deaths.
Here is a case history and ECG of a patient with STEMI .
After thrombolysis the paradox happened . ST elevation increased by 4mm
Read on »
