MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'burial'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:42:02 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757836&cid=t_213273_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fflush-down-your-dead-eco-friendly-or-awful%2F photo: Thinkstock Swirling down into the sewage system has traditionally been a burial ritual reserved for goldfish, but undertakers in Belgium think humans should go to the same place. They’ve developed a system of converting deceased bodies into a mineral ash and liquid, and then adding the remains to the sewage system to make their way towards the water processing plants to be recycled. The undertakers claim that the method is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than using polluting crematoria or using acres of land for cemeteries. Apparently the process is already approved for use in Maine, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, and Maryland. We find the idea incredibly disturbing, to say the least. Not to go against our greener sides or anything, but really? The sewer? We c... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757836 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:47:18 +0100 3757836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576794&cid=t_213273_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FpqcH3R1sUrw%2F DNA testing on the deceased is hard enough, but on 3,000 year-old mummies?! Burial mask of mummy King Tutankhamun. Image: Newscom But that’s exactly what Egypt hopes to do with its most famous mummy King Tutankhamun and the two fetuses found in his tomb. After ten years of refusal, Egypt’s chief of antiquities Zahi Hawass finally allowed DNA tests to discover the lineage of King Tut. King Tut only lived for 19 years in ancient Egypt and reigned for nine years, but he became famous for the mysteries surrounding his life and abrupt death. His discovery in 1922 was a magnificent surprise. His secret tomb remained untouched by thieves, and with him were buried more treasures than any royal tomb ever found. The identity of his parents were never known. He supposedly married the daughter of ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576794 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:43:00 +0100 2576794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2277214&cid=t_213273_136_f&fid=35315&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkrankipantzen.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Factual-recent-conversation.html This is why I love my friend Pablo so much.While talking on the phone about death, just now.Me: "I want to be cremated. But I totally don't want to be scattered in the ocean because I am a little scared of the ocean and all the fish and stuff. I don't want to be scattered in the forest either because I don't like bugs and the cold and all that outdoorsy stuff. Maybe I should be scattered in Holt Renfrew...Nah! I can't afford to shop there. I think the place I'd be most comfortable resting eternally is in a couch. So I have to find somebody who will scatter my ashes in their nice comfy couch. Or their mattress. Something cozy."Pablo: "What about me? What should I do with my remains?"Me: "Hey! I thought we agreed that I was supposed to throw myself on your casket at your funeral. Wearing a f... Von Krankipantzen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2277214 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:40:00 +0100 2277214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2609157&cid=t_213273_46_f&fid=38789&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fcholera%2F2009%2F03%2F01%2Ffuneral%2F By checking on their cholera treatment center in Chiwardizo clinic in Bindura (about 88 kilometers northeast of Harare), MSF teams found a new spike in cases on February 22, with 65 people admitted and the numbers rising rapidly. I went to visit Chiwardizo for a couple of days soon afterwards. Photo: J Stavropoulou | Chiwardizo Clinic, Bindura The patio of Chiwaridzo clinic, in the north-eastern city of Bindura, is filled up with cholera cases from a community called Kingston Farm. The local health authorities plan to go there and I ask if I can go along with them. “Aa, no problem we will come just now to pick you up.” Photo: J Stavropoulou | Treating a man at Chiwardizo Clinic They then all get in a white pick-up truck and drive off leaving me standing in the clinic’s patio; I won... MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2609157 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:08:56 +0100 2609157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1292277&cid=t_213273_136_f&fid=35315&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkrankipantzen.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fit-has-been-less-than-fun-week-for-me.html It has been a less than fun week for me. I got sick. Quite sick. In fact 2008 will forever be remembered as The Year I Puked On My Birthday And I Wasn’t Even Drunk. And if you don’t know me then you cannot fully understand how traumatic this was on a couple levels. First of all I suffer from this pretty severely. And as such I will not get into my particular lurgie with any great details. Secondly it was my 39th birthday. The LAST YEAR I will be in my 30s. A dinner party was planned and had to be cancelled. In fact my whole birthday weekend was a complete blur of ick and grossness. I woke up Saturday (March 1-my birfday) quite early with terrible cramps. Whole torso cramps opposed to your typical gurgley tummy type situation. Only now that I am feeling better do I understand how sick... Von Krankipantzen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1292277 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:25:00 +0100 1292277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1259966&cid=t_213273_136_f&fid=35315&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkrankipantzen.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fspooky.html So I like to think I am a very enlightened, tolerant and open minded sort of gal. I have my own little quirky life filled with my own little quirky likes and dislikes and as such maintain a motto of, “Whatever melts your butter.” While I may not agree with or even remotely understand others and what they do in their lives I also don’t like to harsh on anyone’s mellow by being all judgmental and shit. Everybody has to do their own thing, right? So along with being enlightened, tolerant and open minded I am also mentally about as mature as a teenaged boy. A very poorly brought up, over imaginative, and under stimulated adolescent male. Combine that with an uncontrollable reflex to joke about inappropriate things and I am exactly the wrong person to take to a funeral, bris, beat poet... Von Krankipantzen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1259966 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:34:00 +0100 1259966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=749685&cid=t_213273_136_f&fid=35315&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkrankipantzen.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fcrush-your-cats-head-friday-meltdown.html Well, talk about technical difficulties...isn't there a pill for that? Oh, never mind.Mrtl made a great new logo for Crush Your Cat's Head Friday but I cannot get it to work animation-wise on Blogger. It just shows up as an image. So please go here to see what was supposed to be posted here on Friday.Thanks, mrtl, for your evil genius. Thanks, Blogger, for your buttheadedness. And thanks to anybody who can troubleshoot this animated gif issue for me. (Source: Von Krankipantzen) Von Krankipantzen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=749685 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:24:00 +0100 749685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=700928&cid=t_213273_136_f&fid=35315&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkrankipantzen.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fok-now-its-getting-silly.html You know what? Most guys ask for your number or for a date. Not these guys. They come on a Saturday night to lurk around my building bothering the neighbours with their sirens and flashing lights.Stalking me under the pretext of checking on a sick old lady. Saw right through that one, I did.And then they came back on Monday night too. Jeeez, guys! Seriously, just send me some flowers or a box of chocolates. Leave the poor old lady from across the street alone.FINE! I'll go on a date with you. As long as you wear those cute boots and suspenders. Clearly, my 'glowing' skin and matching outfit really dazzled these guys. I can't get rid of them. (Source: Von Krankipantzen) Von Krankipantzen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=700928 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:28:00 +0100 700928