Category: Health and fitness
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Most plausible case for why the 5 divers died in the Maldives
Brigid and I have been following this tragic case since we are both experienced divers, having spent two years living in the Cayman Islands – 1979-81. The deaths were total human error. Even doing such a dive with regular air and without the very high level of training and specific equipment needed for cave diving,…
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Friday cocktail – the modern Hunter
I posted the classic Hunter cocktail last Friday. It’s good and easy (two ingredients) to make. Go here if you want to see it. So here is the modern or contemporary version, also shown by Anders as he continues from where I stopped the above video. Our recipe – same as the video – and…
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NYT: Surgical error – liver removed instead of spleen.
Hard to believe. Other catastrophic errors during the surgery and patient died on the operating table. You wonder how these mistakes can be made… Hit the link for the full story. Mr. Bryan immediately began hemorrhaging and went into cardiac arrest, with blood pouring out as nurses and other medical staff members attempted to suction…