IS CHLOROFORM MORE DANGEROUS THAN ETHER ?

Expressing Anger Is More Dangerous than Feeling Angry when Driving

Anger is an emotion that drivers often feel and express while driving, and it is believed by researchers to be an important cause of dangerous driving behavior. In this study, the relationships between driving trait anger, driving anger expression, and dangerous driving behaviors were analyzed. The Driving Anger Scale (DAS) was used to measure driving trait anger, whereas the Driving Anger Expr...

Chloroform or Ether?

The question of which is the best and safest general anaesthetic continues to be constantly brought under the notice of the profession by the frequent occurrence of deaths during anaesthesia. The fact that opinions are still so divided shows that a good deal can be said in favour of both chloroform and ether; but one thing stands out pre-eminently, and that is, that when deaths do occur they ar...

Blood lead level in opium abuse. Which is more dangerous? Opium smoking or opium ingestion?

Skateboarding: more dangerous than roller skating or in-line skating.

OBJECTIVE To describe the circumstances, severity, and outcomes of skating-related injuries among children admitted to trauma centers. DESIGN A cross-sectional comparison of roller skaters (n = 154), in-line skaters (n = 190), and skateboarders (n = 254) aged 5 to 19 years who were hospitalized with injuries. SETTING Seventy-nine hospitals and pediatric trauma centers participating in the N...

A trip on "bath salts" is cheaper than meth or cocaine but much more dangerous.

BATH SALTS, THE PSYCHOACTIVE DEsigner street drugs that emerged in the United States in 2010, have left a trail of bizarre and alarming reports: the man who slashed himself to remove the “wires” in his body; the mother who left her “demon-ridden” 2-year-old in the middle of a highway; the 21-year-old son of a family physician who, after snorting bath salts once, shot himself following 3 days of...