Treatments For Disorders Of Death

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 »

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

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:17pm deficits from brain death organ transplantation and termination of treatment decisions for the brain-dead and neurologically impaired...: "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 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..., there are hundreds of disputes across the country in which surrogates demand that providers continue treatment even after the patient has been declared dead. Several of these escalate 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 »

"Brain Dead" Boy "Dies" by Wesley J. Smith Patient Expert

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. Medical Doctor

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 »

Is clinical cardiology dying or dead ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 19 May 2010 10:34am Probably , this is most important question for a modern-day cardiologist. Q : Clinical cardiology as a speciality is . . . A.Hale and healthy B.Dying slowly and steadily C.Terminally ill D.Dead long ago If your answer is A , it would be a blatant lie ! If the answer is D , you are a pessimist . The real answer could be somewhere Read on »

Rep. Alan Grayson Unveils 'Names of the Dead' Web Site For Those Who Died Due to Lack of Insurance – People Mocked The Site with by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Oct 2009 10:02pm real and could almost happen to anyone today. It’s not funny. BD Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has set up a new Web site, Names of the Dead, to memorialize Americans who died because they had no health insurance: Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because have no health insurance. I have created this project in their memory. I hope Read on »

Is Child Organ Potential Donor Not Really Dying? Not Dead Yet Raises Important Questions by Wesley J. Smith Patient Expert

Posted Thu 09 Apr 2009 6:48pm I recently reported on the case of a baby in Canada, described in the media as dying, whose parents wanted her to be an organ donor. The non heart beating donor protocol was attempted, but the baby didn't die, and so she was taken off the donor pool as is proper ethics in organ transplant medicine. The parents are upset by this and want their baby's Read on »

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