The specialty of underwater medicine, and an interview with a dive physician
Originally published in MedPage Today
by Kristina Fiore
Physicians tend to prefer intellectual hobbies — chess, reading, writing. Dr. Alfred Bove is no exception. His hobby often requires application of his expertise in physiology. You know him as the president of the American College of Cardiology. But you may not know that his heart belongs to the sea.
Bove’s interest in scuba diving …
The specialty of underwater medicine, and an interview with a dive physician
Turns out, there are some who are questioning her gender, and subsequently, tests are being conducted to see if she is really a woman.
There is currently no clear explanation. Some have speculated that it may be related to the narcotic pain drug, Demerol. According to this report from the UK’s The Sun, “An Emergency Room source at UCLA hospital said Jackson aides told medics he had collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol …
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For those interested in the medicine behind the transplant, go and read his post in its entirety. I’d like to highlight some of the potentially questionable ethics surrounding the case.
