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Doctors Claim Suspended Animation Success

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the define-normal-care dept.

Philoneist.com writes to tell us the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that US doctors have developed a process to induce hypothermia in trauma patients, shutting down their bodily functions for up to three hours. The process has been proven about 90% effective in trials with pigs and now the doctors would like the go ahead to test it on humans who would "probably die" under normal care.

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  1. Gotta Love Indirection by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    A story is posted on Slashdot (US)
    Of the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
    Reporting a story in the New Scientist (England)
    Of a bunch of scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (US)

    Can we add a few more levels of indirection here??

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  2. Re:What about going to heaven? by carpe_noctem · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why they celebrate birthdays and not conception days (they're so adamant at trying to control non-believers definitions of "life").

    I think because singing "Happy Fuckday to You" just isn't very family-friendly, when you get down to it.

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