My dad could still be alive, but he's not(jenn.site)
324 points by DustinEchoes | 218 comments
A personal blog post about the author's father dying of a first heart attack shortly after his 57th birthday, reflecting on how he could have survived.
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2 stories tagged heart-attack, newest first.
The brain summons deep sleep for healing from life-threatening injury(nature.com)
336 points by gmays | 218 comments
Nature news article reporting that after a heart attack, immune cells stimulate sleep neurons in the brain, inducing deep restorative sleep that aids healing.