Health Highlights: Sept. 30, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:02:51 PDT
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Florida Man Punches Shark To Save His Terrier
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:55:38 PDT
How much do you love your pet? Enough to leap into the ocean and fight a shark to save it? Yeah, us neither. But one Florida Keys man does, and he proved it by punching a shark in the face when it tried to eat his wittle bitty doggie, Jake. The rat terrier got into trouble during his daily swim off a pier, when a 5 foot long shark lunged and caught him in its teeth. His owner, carpenter Greg LeNoir, chose the "I'm a durn fool" option and leapt into the ocean on top of the shark. ''I clenched my
Avalanche Safety Quiz
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:50:28 PDT
A good quiz that analyzes your level of safety for backcountry travel when doing winter sports in avalanche prone areas. This is on a great backcountry/skiing/adventure website called WildSnow.com, run by Lou Dawson. This is a great resource for winter sports enthusiasts and ski mountaineers... and even us snowboarder types.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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