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mind still ‘alive’ after body dies
by ben mitcheLL
PeoPle may still have consciousness after ‘death’ a new study has claimed. A large-scale study involving 2,060 patients from 15 hospitals in the UK, US and Austria has found patients experience real events for up to a three-minute period after their heart has stopped beating. Dr Sam Parnia, assistant professor of critical care medicine and director of resuscitation research at the State University of New York, explained that it was previously thought that only hallucinatory events were experienced in these circumstances. These are normally described as out-ofbody experiences (oBes) or near-death experiences (NDes). The Awareness during Resuscitation (Aware) study used objective markers to establish whether the experiences were real or hallucinatory. The results showed that 39 per cent of patients who survived cardiac arrest described a perception of awareness but did not have explicit recall. A total of 46 per cent experienced a broad range of mental recollections, nine per cent had experiences compatible with NDes and two per cent exhibited full awareness compatible with oBes with explicit recall of ‘seeing’ and ‘hearing’ events. Dr Parnia said: ‘This is significant, since it has often been assumed that experiences in relation to death are likely hallucinations or illusions, occurring either before the heart stops or after the heart has been successfully restarted, but not an experience corresponding with “real” events when the heart isn’t beating.’
thug who set dog on fire is jailed
AnimAl rights campaigners applauded as two men were jailed over an attack in which a family’s beloved pet dog was set on fire with diesel. Andrew Richard Stewart, 23, who admitted setting fire to Cody the collie two years ago, was handed a 20-month sentence at Belfast Crown Court – ten months of which was suspended. He was also banned from keeping animals for 30 years. Jamie Downey, 23, was jailed for six months after admitting lying to cover up what his friend had done. The dog had become attached to the pair as they walked off the effects of a two-day drinking binge. Cody, a three-year-old border collie, was left unrecognisable after the attack in maghaberry, Co Antrim. She was so badly burned her ribs and other joints were visible through the charred flesh. Cody survived for two weeks but had to be put down when vets concluded she would never fully recover. Judge David mcFarland said it had been an ‘evil, vile and appalling attack which was beyond comprehension to ordinary people’.
Shameful: Andrew Richard Stewart, inset, set fire to Cody, pictured before the attack pictures: pa
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