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Bridging the gap between rescue and medicine

The USCGC Ingham Maritime Museum hosted the very last phase of the two-week Dive Medicine Training Program on Tuesday, which culminated in a practice high-angle rescue mission.The training program, one of four wilderness medicine training components held by the Uniformed Services University of… For the complete article, please pick up a copy of The Citizen… Read More »

Dental dams: Everything you need to know

It is possible to pass a sexually transmitted infection to a partner through oral-genital or oral-anal sex. A device known as a dental dam can be effective in reducing this risk. A dental dam is a barrier between a person’s mouth and another person’s genitals. Many people use them during oral sex. Dental dams consist… Read More »

Hunting for Plastic

Plastic pollution has become an urgent, worldwide problem. The average person now ingests about 100 plastic particles each year from eating shellfish and up to 68,415 plastic fibers each year just from the plastic dust particles landing on their plates during meals. Tap water, bottled water1 and sea salt2 also come with a “side order”… Read More »