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thenewgreen  ·  3450 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Study: Near-death brain signaling accelerates demise of the heart

    According to the study, blocking the brain’s outflow significantly delayed ventricular fibrillation, in which the lower chambers of the heart quiver and the heart cannot pump any blood. It’s the most serious cardiac rhythm disturbance.
-it says "significantly delays," -inwonderbifnots enough time to say, get someone to the hospital? What if you had a pace maker with some of the treatment installed and set to dispense when arrest occurs and your heart cannot be jump started?

As for whether I'd accept the shot, you better believe it. Why not?

mk and b_b -you familiar with this research?





3118114  ·  3446 days ago  ·  link  ·  

One could argue that the treatment would be unnatural and could potentially have unknown side effects if the patient were to survive.

I would accept anything if it could extend my life. But not if I knew I wouldn't be able to live an enjoyable quality of life afterwards.

I suppose only time will tell, that is if such an injection were to ever enter real world applications.