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Topic: Water

Abdominal pain in the backcountry

August 20, 2022 Tom Welch

I just loaded a recent Adirondoc column on constipation in the backcountry.  While this may seem curious to many, it can be…

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Sad reminders about drowning

August 14, 2022 Tom Welch

One of the points I regularly make in wilderness medicine talks, courses, and columns is the importance of drowning as…

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Too Hot to Handle?

November 11, 2021 Tom Welch

I WRITE THIS COLUMN as we end one of the warmest summers in memory. All indications are that this sorry…

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Drowning

May 6, 2021 Tom Welch

As I write this, it is 48 degrees in the southern Adirondacks.  Yet, the ice is off of the lakes,…

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Drowning Essential Tool or Silly Affectation

Tom Welch

ALTHOUGH MOST Adirondack lakes are frozen as I write this column, they will be approaching swimmable by the time you…

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With a Grain of Salt

January 3, 2021 Tom Welch

BEFORE DIGGING INTO THIS MONTH’S COLUMN, I am afraid we will need to have a brief refresher on high school…

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Painful Pee

September 2, 2019 Tom Welch

URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI) is one of the most common complaints bringing folks to their primary care providers. Since the…

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Bloom in the Waters

March 8, 2019 Tom Welch

LATELY I HAVE BEEN SPLITTING my time between the Adirondacks and the Gulf Coast of Florida. While these areas are…

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Swimmer’s Ear

March 21, 2017 Tom Welch

Adirondoc – 2017, March/April Maybe there is still some ice on your favorite Adirondack lake, but before long it will…

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More on the dangers of water

September 11, 2015 adirondoc

Just a day after posting the previous comment, a couple of very pertinent publications came out. First of all, Wilderness…

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