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Cryonic Preservation: Science Fiction or Cure for Death?
If you haven't heard the urban legend surrounding Walt Disney, or seen an episode of Futurama, Cryopreservation is the technology of freezing one's body in the hopes that technology in the future will allow for reanimation. This idea that cryopreserved people can be recovered in the future is still[...]
Deep in the Earth, A Tower for the Dead
Man began burying their dead mainly for sanitary reasons. Before the invention of antiseptics when a person died of a illness such as tuberculosis immediate removal of the body was very important for the safety of the rest of the family. The burying of the body was not only the quickest way to stop any prolonged exposure but also easiest method to ensure that carrion eating predators[...]
Relax and Remember a Loved One
A concern that troubles many people when considering cremation as an option is that unless you use an urn, a piece of jewelry ‚ or other receptacle for the ashes of the deceased, there is really no place to go and visit to reflect on the person's memory as you would following a traditional burial in a cemetery.Many of the more modern cemeteries have implemented commemorative walls[...]
Keep Your Loved One Close to Your Heart
In the past cremated remains were either buried, kept in an urn or similar container or placed in a columbarium. Today there are many new ways to allow you to memorialize and carry a remembrance of your loved one with you every day. These keepsakes also give you the chance to share your loved one with family members and close friends who have also been left behind.Jewelry has taken on[...]
Dying Patient Leaves a Musical Legacy
Sheri Swick loved her three kids and four grandkids. She wanted to leave something for them to remember her by. She was in palliative care in a hospital in London, Ontario when Jill Kennedy-Tufts, the hospital's musical therapist, agreed to help Swick record a legacy. The hospital and Kennedy-Tufts have used this program to optimize the quality of life for palliative patients and their[...]
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