death

Death refers to the termination of all biological processes that sustain life within an organism. All living things that survive various natural hazards will eventual perish from senescence, or the biological process of aging. Changes associated with aging include a declining ability of the organism to respond to stress and adapt to their environment, increased homeostatic imbalance, weakened bodily functions, as well as an elevated risk of age-associated illnesses.

Old age is not typically recognized as a cause of death, especially in humans, since there is always some health related immediate cause, such as cancer or cardiovascular disease. However, the incidence of age-related illnesses increases dramatically as an individual ages. Signs of death in humans and animals include cardiac arrest; cessation of breathing; paleness (palor mortis), which settles in within 15 to 120 minutes after death; postmortem lividity (livor mortis), or the settling of the blood in the lower part of the body; a steady decrease in body temperature (algor mortis); stiffness of the limbs (rigor mortis); and eventually decomposition.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “death”

 

• Death #11: Geneva occupier dies of hypothermia

  
  Lake Minnetonka Liberty — Authority: 135
  Hat tip to John R. at Marathon Pundit The worldwide Occupy movement suffered its eleventh death last month, this time in Geneva Switzerland.  From World Radio Switzerland: The Geneva branch of the Occupy movement has announced it’s dismantling its camp in the Parc de Bastions after a man was found unconscious ...
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• Toxic liquor kills dozens in India

  
  4unews — Authority: 147
  BHUBANESWAR, India – More than 20 people have died after drinking toxic liquor made from coughmedicine in eastern India. A hospital administrator in Orissa state said the farm laborers fell ill in the past two days after drinking the brew. Bhubananda Maharana also said Wednesday that another 31 workers were being ...
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• Anna Nicole Smith’s Death Five Years On: Timeline of a Tragedy

  
  Gossip Chic - Fresh Dish of Entertainment, Fashion, Beauty Trends and Gossip Daily — Authority: 101
  Hard to believe its been five years since the death of Anna Nicole Smith. And not just because every year since has been chock-full of headlines—both good and bad—that keep the... View full post on E! Online (US) - Top Stories More Blogs Anna Nicole Smith’s Death Five Years On: Timeline ...
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• Solid majority of Canadians support the death penalty

  
  John Lott's Website — Authority: 518
  The poll implies that Canadians support the death penalty in much the same way that it is done in the United States, which requires some type of special circumstances. Of course, despite what might be true in the movies, there has yet to be a case in the US where someone was incorrectly put to death. Even in the ...
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• End of life discussions are hard enough

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 118
  I posted this several years ago. I think that it is worth posting again.(Besides I don’t know what to make of Rick Santorum .) When Sarah Palin wrote , “the America that I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death penalty’ so ...
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• Aversions Crown announce ‘No Salvation’ Australian tour with Boris the Blade

  
  Metal Obsession — Authority: 419
  With the recent success of their debut album  Servitude , Queensland death metallers Aversions Crown  have announced a huge national tour, following 11 shows across 16 days from mid-March to the start of April. Joining them on the tour will be Melbourne’s Boris the Blade , who have also been spreading serious ...
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• Case Study on Copd

  
  Your Case Study Search Engine — Authority: 123
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also known as chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD),chronic obstructive airway disease (COAD), chronic airflow limitation (CAL) and chronic obstructive respiratory disease (CORD), is the co-occurrence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a pair of commonly ...
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• Pregnant Thai Woman Crushed by Truck, Fetus Squeezed Out

  
  Best Gore — Authority: 124
  Talk about killing two birds with one stone. Young Thai girl in a late term pregnancy was riding a motorcycle and fell under the wheels of a big truck. The wheels crushed her right in the middle, squeezing her fetus out of her vagina like pus from a giant zit . The fetus was decapitated in the process. You can tell ...
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• DARPAs crowdsourced UAV competition heats up, takes off (video)

  
  Engadget — Authority: 842
  Late last year, DARPA launched UAVForge -- a competition that invites contestants to create their very own unmanned aerial vehicles, and submit them for voter-based evaluation. The project is far from over, but competing teams have already started sending in their proof-of-flight videos, giving us a glimpse of whats ...
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• Obama Declares War Against the Church…But What Gave Him the Power?

  
  Tammy Bruce — Authority: 560
  Maybe you guys and gals know this already. But I was wondering exactly how Obama got the power to push into church affairs? I mean, Obamas not king. He doesnt get to make laws all by himself. And I dont recall Congress voting on this bit of overreach. So where did it come from?
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  Taking Note — Authority: 417
  Taylor Vause of the Swift Current Broncos, with the sweater that he designed. (Photo courtesy of Swift Current Broncos) ASK THE COMMISSIONER: Mr. Commissioner, do you read all the comments left by fans on the WHL’s Facebook page? ——— The Swift Current Broncos will wear themed sweaters on Saturday when ...
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• 1942: Icchok Malmed

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 111
  (Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.) On this day in 1942, Icchok Malmed* was hanged on Kupiecka Street in the Bialystok Ghetto for throwing acid in a Nazi’s face and blinding him. Zchor tells the story : When the Nazis attacked the house at 29 Kupiecka Street, rounding up ...
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• Former Chinese billionaire now on death row

  
  AdiLan's Club — Authority: 124
  Wu Ying stands trial at Jinhua Intermediate Peoples Court in Zhejiang province on April 16. The one-time business tycoon is waiting for the top courts final review of her death sentence. Wu Ying, a tycoon once listed among the richest women in China, has come to her last hope of survival. The former ...
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• The Centennial

  
  Short Stories and Very Short Stories — Authority: 110
  Today marks my 100 th daily story! Its been great to watch my pageviews rise and I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to check out this blog. Setting a goal to write something every day has certainly kept me from feeling lazy, but it has also been time consuming and a little stressful (especially when I’m ...
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• Taylor Armstrong Likely Not To Press Charges Against Death Threats Teenager

  
  RadarOnline.com — Authority: 765
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• Having Crumpets With the Albatross And the Aardvark

  
  Bitter Harvest — Authority: 121
  Saturday, February 4, 2012, 3:11 PM: One of the reasons that I never really became more of a visible human rights advocate, or a visible author, aside from my dedication to being not only a pacifist, but also not wanting to trade for money regarding my writing ability, or what I call my craft, was in fact because of ...
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• Wrongful Death Resulted from Equipment in the Middle of the Road Says Litigation Funding Corporation

  
  Law Firm Newswire — Authority: 117
  Southfield, MI ( Law Firm Newswire ) February 7, 2012 - When logging equipment falls off a truck while crossing a bridge, the results are deadly. “There was no way to avoid the inevitable in this accident,” said Darren Monroe of Litigation Funding Corporation, Michigan. “Particularly since the logging ...
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• Article 7 This Is A Matter Of Life Or Death

  
  health day advisor — Authority: 125
  Can-cer n. A malignant tumor that invades healthy tissue and spreads to other areas; the disease marked by such tumors. INVADES? DISEASE? Where and when did all this invasion and disease begin? FOLKS, you can’t consume 3 gallons of soft drinks and eat fast food all week long and expect not to get a disease. ...
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• Baltimore loses a goodwill ambassador

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 464
  A pit bull who helped show Baltimore the breed’s good side, inspired a blog and turned a young couple’s life around passed away at the end of last week. Knox, only about 3, died from complications associated with a blood parasite for which he recently tested positive. His final days, and his short but joyous ...
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• Skins Review: Something Happened With Those Good Looking Simpletons Again

  
  Hecklerspray — Authority: 500
  Winona Ryder once said: “Dear diary, my teen angst bullshit now has a body count,” clearly she was watching Skins where, in the opening three episodes of the season, two people have been brutally butchered from the cast list. We haven’t seen one funeral. In fact the closest we come to Richard Curtis territory ...
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