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[...] Over the course of 3 days, they will lower his body temperature, give him time to heal from his massive heart attack, and then raise it back up, eventually bringing him out of a coma when they’re confident that his heart is strong enough.
This is, we’re told, a procedure developed first to prevent neurological damage in stroke patients. Several hospitals around the country have started using it for cardiac patients as well.

[...] My dad died. He went to the other side for 11 minutes and then lingered in Hades’ antechamber for three full days. Mark Roth, or a scientist like him, saved my father’s life. We make zombie jokes with him too. You cannot imagine how grateful I am to hear him laugh at them. Complete story

Nuova procedura per le vittime di infarto: abbassare il metabolismo facendo circolare il sangue in un’apparecchiatura refrigerante, per non affaticare il cuore indebolito mentre l’organismo si riprende e, soprattutto, per prevenire danni neurologici.

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The town of Caledon may force a three-year-old boy with cerebral palsy to give up his miniature pony after a neighbour complained about the smell.
Sam Spiteri’s grandfather gave him the pony, Emily, after he was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy shortly after birth. The boy can’t walk or crawl, and Emily is part of his therapy regime.