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| Tick Life Cycle, in Preparation for Spring |
| Medical · News · Survival · Wilderness Adventures |
Posted Friday at 10:15 (updated Friday) by Adam Francis
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TICKS SUCK!
Alright gang; let’s talk about Ticks. These nasty little arachnids have the ability to transmit diseases, specifically Lyme disease, and are extremely difficult to locate due to their tiny size. Currently the tick is the only known transmitter of Lyme disease in the continental United States.
Deer ticks have a life cycle of about two years. In this timeframe they go through three stages: larva, nymph and adult. In this two year...
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| SCIENTISTS INVENT OXYGEN PARTICLE THAT IF INJECTED, ALLOWS YOU TO LIVE WITHOUT BREATHING |
| Medical · News |
Posted Thursday at 21:29 by Andrew Abbott
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SCIENTISTS INVENT OXYGEN PARTICLE THAT IF INJECTED, ALLOWS YOU TO LIVE WITHOUT BREATHING
A team of scientists at the Boston Children’s Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years. They have designed a microparticle that can be injected into a person’s bloodstream that can quickly oxygenate their blood. This will even work if the ability to breathe has been restricted, or even cut off entirely.
This...
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| Avian Influenza A (H7N9) |
| Medical · News |
Posted 12 May at 21:23 by Andrew Abbott
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Avian Influenza A (H7N9)
On April 1, 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 3 human infections with a new avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in China. Since then, additional human cases in China have been reported. Although mild illness in human cases has been seen, most patients have had severe respiratory illness and some people have died. To date, the new H7N9 virus has not been detected in people or birds in the...
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| Violence as an Infectious Disease? A Program That Worked |
| Medical · News |
Posted 29 April at 17:59 (updated 2 weeks ago) by Andrew Abbott
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Violence as an Infectious Disease? A Program That Worked
WASHINGTON, DC — Does violence spread like a disease? Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin, MD, began to think so when he returned home to his native Chicago after spending years in Africa battling epidemics.
Traditional methods of controlling street violence were yielding minimal results, so Dr. Slutkin, who is currently a research professor in epidemiology at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and founder and executive director...
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| Lost hiker suffers severe frostbite |
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| Lost · News |
Posted 27 April at 20:07 (updated 3 weeks ago) by Andrew Abbott
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Lost hiker suffers severe frostbite
A lost hiker suffered severe frostbite to his feet after spending the night in the woods in Banff over the weekend.
The man called for help Saturday around 11 p.m., but he wasn’t exactly sure where he was. To make matters more urgent, the man only had 20 per cent power left on his cell phone, so Parks Canada safety staff had to work quickly to try and...
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| Editor's Update |
| From The Editor |
Posted 19 April at 20:01 (updated 4 weeks ago) by Andrew Abbott
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I know there has been nothing posted this last week in regards to articles. I have several that I need to get edited and up on the site. I have been very busy the last several weeks with my two other jobs and am currently fighting a respitory/allergy/sinus infection (aka the Crud). So please bear with me. If everything goes as planned (not the norm lately) I should have two or three articles for you...
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| 65-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Sets Record in Finishing Near 5000 Mile Journey Along the Mighty Amazon |
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Posted 13 April at 09:43 (updated 1 month ago) by Andrew Abbott
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ORLANDO, Florida- Amazon 5000, www.facebook.com/amazon5000, announced today that 65-year-old, cancer survivor, Mickey Grosman completed his 5000 mile trek across the widest part of South America yesterday, April 10, 2013 at 1600 hours.
Mickey announced, "Today, at 1600 me and my amazon 5000 team have accomplished a feat and a world record that has never been accomplished before. We crossed mountains, desert, rivers, jungles, swamps, and savannahs. We battled harsh nature yet we were successful...
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| 65-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Faces Last 100 Miles of 5000 Mile Journey Along the Mighty Amazon |
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Posted 06 April at 17:13 (updated 1 month ago) by Andrew Abbott
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ORLANDO, Florida- Amazon 5000, www.facebook.com/amazon5000, announced today that 65-year-old, cancer survivor, Mickey Grosman will complete his 5000 mile trek across the widest part of South America in the next week or two. For the final stretch of the Amazon 5000 Expedition, Mickey will be joined by two Americans: team physician, Kyle VerSteeg and expedition member Alexander Hernandez, both of which have trekked with Mickey short legs of the expedition, months ago.
The team has...
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