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The Sarco pod (also known as Pegasos, and sometimes referred to as a "suicide pod" [1]) is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid nitrogen to die by suicide through inert gas asphyxiation.
A myoma is a type of tumor that involves muscle cells. [1] There are two main types of myoma: Leiomyomas which occur in smooth muscle. [1] They most commonly occur as uterine fibroids, but may also form in other locations. Rhabdomyomas which occur in striated muscle. [1] [2] [3] They are rare tumors, occur in childhood and often become malignant.
Removal is necessary when the fibroid causes pain or pressure, abnormal bleeding, or interferes with reproduction. The fibroids needed to be removed are typically large in size, or growing at certain locations such as bulging into the endometrial cavity causing significant cavity distortion.
Jackie Galgey, 45, shares in a personal essay her experience with trigeminal neuralgia, also called the suicide disease, which caused her one-sided facial pain.
Many venomous snakes can produce myotoxins in their venom, causing myolysis either locally, at the site of a bite, or systemically throughout the body. [7] [8] This can cause muscle pain, weakness, and myoglobinuria (with the color of urine varying from a deep red to a muddy brown [7]), symptoms which can take several hours or days to manifest.
Terminal dehydration is dehydration to the point of death. Some scholars make a distinction between "terminal dehydration" and "termination by dehydration". [ 1 ] Courts in the United States [ 2 ] generally do not recognize prisoners as having a right to die by voluntary dehydration, since they view it as suicide .
As soon as her memorial was done, and the long to-do list completed, the reality of mourning her death crashed over me like a massive unwelcome tidal wave. The author's little sister, Meggan ...
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