In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 2 weeks ago

On my recent great white shark adventure aboard the M/V Nautilus Explorer, I was asked to demo a new product named WaterGlide , which is a skin (p...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 2 weeks ago

Just recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) expanded its influenza (flu) vaccination recommendation to include children between the ages of s...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 3 weeks ago

Oral rehydration can be a lifesaving therapy for persons, particularly children, suffering from dehydration. The most common cause of dehydration in c...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 4 weeks ago

Thank you to Emergiblog for including my post about rapid treatment for a stroke in this past week's edition of Grand Rounds. Grand Rounds is a weekly...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 5 weeks ago

On September 25, 2008, there was an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled, Thrombolysis with alteplase 3 to 4.5 hours aft...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 5 weeks ago

At the most recent continuing medical education (CME) meeting of the Wilderness Medical Society, Carl Weil exhibited on behalf of Wilderness Medicine ...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 6 weeks ago

This is the sixth post based upon educational sessions and syllabus material presented at the Wilderness Medical Society Annual Meeting & 25th Anniver...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 6 weeks ago

I had the misfortune this past week to stop some bleeding on my body from a small cut vein. Like many people, I ingest one baby aspirin a day to inhib...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 7 weeks ago

This is the fifth post based upon educational sessions and syllabus material presented at the Wilderness Medical Society Annual Meeting & 25th Anniver...

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In Medicine for the Outdoors - Posted 7 weeks ago

The naturopathic approach to health and wellness often involves administration of medications with which Western medical practitioners are not familia...

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