Long, strange trip to Ecstasy Posted: 5 months ago by DerAlt
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who invented LSD, died Tuesday at the age of 102. Although psychedelic drug enthusiasts are busy writing online tributes to Hofmann (who died from a heart attack, not from attempting to chew off his elbow in an acid-induced freak-out), there's also a sense that few people under the age of 30 have heard much about LSD,
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Pioneer chemist Albert Hofmann dies at age 102 Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Albert Hofmann, a scientist who accidentally discovered and created the drug Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, has died today at the age 102.
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The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks—and death itself. Posted: 1 year ago by super
Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are intact, he hasn't lost blood. All that's happened is his heart has stopped beating—the definition of "clinical death"—and his brain has shut down to conserve oxygen. But what has actually died?
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Watch Your Own Heart Attack Posted: 2 months ago by loonytoon
Sadly, one in three heart attack victims die before they reach hospital. Many people don't recognise the signs and fail to take the steps that may have saved their life or the life of a loved one.
Watch Your Own Heart Attack is an unforgettable, two minute film which enables you to experience what it's like to have a heart attack first hand. Take the time to watch it then you'll be prepared if and when it happens for real.
This is two minutes which could save your life. Or the life of someone you love.
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Prescription Ecstasy Posted: 11 months ago by Turtle
Scientists are claiming ecstasy could become a prescribed drug for post-traumatic disorder within the next five years. The drug MDMA, could take a step toward medical respectability. Researchers in South Carolina have begun experimenting with MDMA.
Studies will also start in Switzerland and Israel.
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