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Dying to be green? Try "bio-cremation"
Vancouver :: Canada | 2 days ago
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Don't let death come in the way of a more eco-friendly you. From coffins made of recycled cardboard to saying no to embalming chemicals that seep into the soil, people are increasingly searching for ways to make their final resting place a more environmentally-friendly...
Tags: Canada, Vancouver, Environment, Cremation, Salmon, Embalming, Death customs, Coffin, Recycling
Bodies exhibit doesn't sugarcoat effects of improper diet
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility You don't want your heart to look like that atherosclerotic lump of flesh on display at Bodies , an exhibition of sliced-and-diced cadavers at the West End Marketplace. Premier Exhibitions Inc., the Atlanta-based promoter, bills the show as enlightening,...
Tags: Dr. Roy Glover, North Texas, University of Texas, Dallas-area, bodies exhibits, human bodies, medical schools, Dallas, Health Medical Pharma, Cadaver, Premier Exhibitions, Cardiovascular system, Body Worlds, Embalming, Aorta, Dissection, Anatomy
‘Green burial’ is earth-friendly option
Attica :: IN :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Ind. — A green burial may not be out of the question in the area in the near future. “It is very unique,” said Bob Maus, owner of funeral homes in Attica and Hillsboro. “Green burial does not involve embalming.” Maus has attended seminars on green burials...
Tags: green burial, Bob Maus, friendly option, Attica, Cemetery, Cremation, Funeral, Death customs, Embalming, Natural burial, Burial, Human Interest
Rare peek at how doctors-to-be learn from cadavers
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Color-coded denim cloths cover the row upon row of black body bags atop cold metal tables. Blue means a body that eventually will go into a common grave. Tan, the family wants those remains back for burial, eventually. These are bodies donated to science,...
Tags: Georgetown University, bodies donates, Paul McCarren, bodies bags, medical schools, Christopher Chen, Bethesda, Health Medical Pharma, Death, Cadaver, Death customs, Embalming, Surgery, Transplantation medicine, Body donation, Dissection
Anatomy training facts, how to donate
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Learning anatomy with cadavers is a centuries-old rite of passage that once again is getting a face-lift as medical schools struggle to mix this core knowledge with an explosion of new information from the genetics revolution. Some facts: _Italian Mondino...
Tags: medical schools, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Education, Death, Cadaver, Gross anatomy, Embalming, Mondino de Liuzzi, Dissection, Andreas Vesalius, Anatomy
Guatemalan funeral homes compete for corpses
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 4 days ago
Credibility They chase ambulances, wait outside morgues or speed to crime scenes, trying to be the first to reach family members of the dead and sell their coffin-wake-funeral packages for as little as $150...Some even pay police and firefighters to tip them off...
Tags: Guatemala City, murder rate, Guatemala, Death, Funeral, Morgue, Embalming, Death customs, Law Crime, Human Interest
High cost of dying forces bereaved to shop for bargains
Wethersfield :: CT :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Even the savviest consumer finds it tough to comparison-shop when coping with grief and loss. When my parents died several years ago (they passed away within several weeks of each other), the idea of hunting for the best funeral deals was just too hard.
Tags: Connecticut, direct cremations, Wethersfield, Cremation, Funeral, Death customs, Embalming, Funeral Rule, Costco, Burial, Human Interest
It's a Living: Funeral services professor
Uco :: Peru | 9 days ago
Credibility Their tools include wax, synthetic hair, makeup, and a hefty dose of compassion. “People aren’t used to seeing their loved ones lying flat on their backs, with their mouths closed, maybe even with their glasses on, all dressed up. It’s not a natural...
Tags: Funeral Services department, Fritch, Peru, Uco, Funeral, Cadaver, Embalming, Death customs, Fritch Texas, Human Interest
Funeral industry workers at greater leukemia risk
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Researchers at the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., who conducted the study, reached the conclusion after investigating the relation of mortality to work practices and formaldehyde exposure...
Tags: Bethesda, Leukemia, Epidemiology, Formaldehyde, Cancer, Embalming, Occupational safety and health, Death customs, Blood disorders, Health Medical Pharma, Human Interest, Hematology, Funeral director
Toss Out the Myths With the Embalming Fluid
Irvine :: CA :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility But a new investigation stuffs this foodie blame-game in a sarcophagus. Researchers examining Egyptian mummies discovered that our predecessors 3,500 years ago also suffered from hardened arteries, and they didn’t eat fast food . As The Wall Street Journal...
Tags: Irvine, Atherosclerosis, Embalming, Mummy, Artery, Michael Pollan, Entertainment Culture, Angiology, Cardiovascular diseases, Cardiology, Health Medical Pharma
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