"Stay with me!"

[FattyCatty]

There has been a lot of work done on whether a "positive mental attitude" can help people survive serious illness, such as cancer. While the general attitude in the popular press is that "being positve" and "not giving up" are very important, this actually not what the studies suggest; there is a good (fulltext) review here.<snip>

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[aggle-rithm]

Thats not really correct. Loss of consciousness is part of the spectrum of injury, not a response or adaptation to it. As you lose consciousness you are at greater risk of death or severe injury, mostly due to the possibility of airway obstruction. The muscles and tissuues in the upper airway become relaxed and this can cause both gastric contents to regurgitate into the lungs, or the airway itself to be blocked which will rapidly lead to cardiac arrest and death.

That makes sense...it's roughly the same principle as sleep apnea.

 

[Criticalist]

I got a "Library Sign-in" message. Can you post a little of the article? Maybe the abstract or the conclusion? Thanks.

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