Healthy lung vs. Diseased lung. Which one do you want?

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:41:03 GMT

clipped by: hayliirjsmom
clipper's remarks: Send this to your loved ones.....whether they smoke or not. If they do, it might make them think twice...... If they don't, they may not want to after seeing this picture.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

This image provided by Britain's Department of Health showing a healthy lung, left and a diseased lung, right, is one of the graphic pictures to be place on packs of cigarettes to discourage smokers. Words failed to stamp out smoking, so Britain will require graphic pictures of diseased organs on cigarette packs next year, the government announced Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. The images include a diseased lung, a chest cut open for heart surgery, and a large tumor on a man's neck. In all, Britain chose 15 images from a selection developed by the European Commission. Britain will be the first member of the European Union to require such warnings, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said. The new warnings will be required on cigarette packs in the second half of 2008, the department said. (AP Photo/Department of Health/ho)

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The cat that can predict death

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:51:11 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Grim rea-purr: The cat that can predict death

"Oscar is not usually particularly friendly. He actually doesn't like spending time with either patients or staff. Sure, you can usually bribe him with some food if you want to, but that's about it."

So what draws him so strongly towards those who are nearing the very end of their lives?

"That's actually the most puzzling part of it," observes Daniel Mills, a specialist in veterinary behavioural medicine

He believes the idea that a cat, or indeed another animal, might be able to intuitively sense the proximity of death is not nearly as fanciful as it seems.

"Animals are particularly sensitive to a whole range of cues of which we are not always aware and can pick up on minute chemical changes

"The challenge is that it's hard to see what the cat might get out of it. After all, the person they've gone to sit with dies - so why should it engage in that sort of behaviour?"

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Healthy lung vs. Diseased lung. Which one do you want?

The cat that can predict death

Grim rea-purr: The cat that can predict death