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Just in case you were wondering. Cannibalism Is Bad for Your Health, Scientists Find Cannibalism became taboo in human societies not out of instinctive aversion but because it is ⁠harmful to populations who practise it, scientists from Poland and the Czech Republic have found. Michal Misiak...

"So there I was, a med student on the general surgery service. It’s 6 AM and we’re rounding as a group: students, residents, fellows, and the attending. The other student is presenting. "We had learned that it was very important to the surgeons to know whether the patients had started passing...

"A total of 39 whitewater helmets have been rated using the STAR evaluation system. Our impact tests evaluate a helmet's ability to reduce linear and rotational acceleration of the head from a range of whitewater and paddle sport head impacts." These folks are excellent engineers, but they...

WANT TO BUY OR TRADE: Lightweight solo canoe. 14 ft +/-, ~ 40 lbs. For rivers up to high Class II, but also reasonable for old guy to portage. Need capacity for camping gear and/or dog. What do you have? PM on this forum.

FOR SALE OR TRADE: Esquif Prospecteur 15. T-Formex, 2021 model, excellent condition. Great boat, maneuverable, dry, high volume, forgiving,safe, stable. 60 lbs is too heavy for this old geezer to portage. Located Shenandoah Valley, VA. $1200. PM on this forum.

I'm assuming that some of the forum members have facial hair, that some make sawdust, and that the two subsets overlap. Here is the official Centers for Disease Control chart of facial hairstyle dos and don'ts for respirator use.

17 ft Grumman aluminum canoe, excellent condition, with factory sailing rig. Exciting 65 sq ft sliding gunter sail with aluminum spars. Philippine mahogany leeboards w/bracket, original aluminum rudder, outboard motor bracket. "Shoe" keel for river use. Located Shenandoah Valley, VA. $600...

Apparently this Digestive Disease Week at Medscape. (I dunno how the spiders got involved.) Although it is unlikely that canoeists will ever administer first aid for gluten transferred by kissing, more knowledge can't hurt. This study, with a very small N, suggests that the risks...

Medscape quick quiz about creepy crawly things that may cause first aid incidents: https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/879799?ecd=WNL_fastquiz_250510_MSCPEDIT_etid7414107&uac=389934HN&impID=7414107

"But sooth to seyn, he was somdeel squaymous Of fartyng........." ---The Canterbury Tales How much do you really know about farts? Methinks this is a topic near and dear to all forumites. Test your knowledge with the Medscape Fast Five Flatulence...

You are forewarned. Medscape article on Burn Injuries: Complications and Care Options. There are little nuggets of information in this article that we might use in field situations. It's more helpful for canoe trippers as a guide to what happens at the ER after we administer first aid...

I'll bet you didn't know that injuries from pickleball cost $400 million per year in the US. I thought pickleball was a sedate game for old folks. This article is mainly about injuries from football and other team sports. Still, we may see similar injuries from paddling. An overview of...

Traumagel is a new plant-based polymer that can be injected directly into wounds to stop severe bleeding. It is supplied in a syringe so it can be injected directly into a wound. The FDA recently approved this product for Rx-only use. The manufacturer hopes to obtain approval for OTC...

A cookbook for the guys out in remote fire towers. Today we would not want to portage some of the ingredients, but the recipes still whet my appetite. https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1938Cookbook.pdf

It's fall and the water is getting cold! KOKATAT "Stoke" Dry Top, Women's medium. Brand new, never worn, neck gasket never trimmed. Wife does not like, refuses to wear. MSRP $449, now A BARGAIN, only $100 plus USPS shipping to your address. Please PM for particulars.

Pilot studies are underway using drones to deliver emergency devices. A Swedish study found that drones were faster than ambulances in most cases. I can forsee this technology being especially applicable to rescues in remote locations...

A long and pretty technical article about the disease we get from those pesky little bugs. https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/tick-borne-illnesses-6006369?ecd=wnl_critimg_240705_mscpref_etid6643236&uac=389934HN&impID=6643236

Is anybody familiar with the what3words app? A friend just sent me this story about its use in a search and rescue operation. https://cardinalnews.org/2024/05/07/rescuers-turn-to-3-words-to-find-lost-hikers/ Software developers have created the what3words app, which divides the Earth's...

I just discovered a new meaning for "canoeing." Apparently it is a term applied to a malady of indoor-grown marijuana plants. The leaves curl, taking the shape of a canoe. I would have just called it "leaf curl," but that is my ignorance and my black thumb showing through. We didn't know...

In 1944, Army Corps of Engineers geologist and cartographer Harold Fisk drew a series of maps depicting the wanderings of the Mississippi's meander channels. He relied on historic sources and geological evidence to determine the river's shifting location. The white areas of the maps depict the...