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Resuscitation expert Dr. Sam Parnia has shown that, with proper treatment, people can be returned to live even hours after they have died. By cooling the blood and brain after death, brain damage can be prevented while organs such as the heart have more time to be repaired or heal. Instead of being declared dead after 20 minutes without blood circulation as is common in medical practice today, patients can be resuscitated even after hours have passed. But what happens to the patient when he is dead, and absolutely all neurological activity has ceased? 
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Thinking about death can cause us to feel a sort of existential angst that isn’t attributable to a specific source. Now, new research suggests that the over-the-counter pain reliever acetaminophen may help to reduce this existential pain. Scientists say that BOTH physical and social pain–like bumping your head or being ostracized from friends–can be alleviated with acetaminophen.
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