Re: t-and-f: A little more on Marion's coach
Would suffocation ultimately lead to congestive heart failure, or is this a different story? No. Suffocation and congestive heart failure are completely different. Most people understand what suffocation is, but congestive heart failure is a chronic disease, usually in old people, wherein the heart gets weak for some reason and can no longer pump with enough vigor to keep the blood moving sufficiently well. This insufficient circulation of the blood causes some of water in the blood to diffuse out of the vessels and pool in the tissues. The usual symptom at that point is shortness of breath caused by fluid build-up around the lungs, interfering with lung function. So in that sense I suppose it bears a superficial resemblance to suffocation. The short-term treatment at that point is usually diuretics - get the kidneys to excrete the excess water that the heart is not handling. Longer-term treatment often involves heart-stimulating drugs to get more effective action out fo the heart. From what I remember the medical reports at the time, I don't think congestive heart failure played any role in FloJo's death. Kurt Bray _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
Re: t-and-f: A little more on Marion's coach
Off the topic of the thread, but the article at the first link in Martin's
message states:
Griffith-Joyner, who died four years ago of congestive heart failure at
the age of 38, established the world best for both distances in 1988,
running the 100 in 10.49, and the 200 in 21.34.
I thought the published cause of death was suffocation as a result of a
seizure:
http://www.salon.com/news/1998/12/cov_04newsa.html
Orange County Sheriff's deputies began a homicide investigation into
Joyner's death the day she died, the autopsy records reveal, because of
preliminary evidence she may have been strangled. That investigation
apparently ended when further tests showed Joyner, 38, died of
asphyxiation as the result of an epileptic seizure, not strangulation.
Would suffocation ultimately lead to congestive heart failure, or is this a
different story?
Bill Bahnfleth
At 06:36 AM 12/15/2002 -0500, Martin J. Dixon wrote:
"If the magnitude of Larsen's improvement is the true measure of
Hansen's potential impact, then the mysterious Canadian coach could be
exactly what Jones needs."
Here:
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id={AADF7243-1A98-474F-9766-19CF698CD1AB}
Go here and do a search on Hansen and you can get more stuff:
www.charliefrancis.com
Regards,
Martin
Re: t-and-f: A little more on Marion's coach
That story is there notwithstanding what it says when you hit that link.
NP makes it very difficult to send articles unless you use their email
function. Just go to their home page and hit sports and it is the first
item. Or try to get one of those funny looking close brackets on the end
which doesn't seem to go with the link.
Regards,
Martin
"Martin J. Dixon" wrote:
>
> "If the magnitude of Larsen's improvement is the true measure of
> Hansen's potential impact, then the mysterious Canadian coach could be
> exactly what Jones needs."
>
> Here:
>
>
>http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id={AADF7243-1A98-474F-9766-19CF698CD1AB}
>
> Go here and do a search on Hansen and you can get more stuff:
>
> www.charliefrancis.com
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Martin
t-and-f: A little more on Marion's coach
"If the magnitude of Larsen's improvement is the true measure of
Hansen's potential impact, then the mysterious Canadian coach could be
exactly what Jones needs."
Here:
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id={AADF7243-1A98-474F-9766-19CF698CD1AB}
Go here and do a search on Hansen and you can get more stuff:
www.charliefrancis.com
Regards,
Martin
