Years of mild symptoms result in shocking life-threatening cancer diagnosis

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An unrelated work injury during which a man named Brian broke his hand and hurt his shoulder led to a devastating cancer diagnosis.

Recalling the past couple of years of his life, the 40-year-old man realized he has in fact always experienced symptoms, but they were mild and seemingly harmless.

The work injury required an X-ray that among the rest showed a lung mass doctors believed to be a bruised part.

Further tests, however, revealed he had limited-stage small cell lung cancer. This meant that only one part of his lung has been affected and can be treated with a single radiation field.

Brian, 40, diagnosed with lung cancer after sustaining an unrelated work injury
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According to the American Cancer Society, “This generally includes cancers that are only in one lung, and that might also have reached the lymph nodes on the same side of the chest.”

Taking to YouTube, Brian decided to share his story of how his work injury led to a cancer diagnosis.

“I’d been having this heartburn for years,” he said in a clip of The Patient Story.

“I went to the emergency room a couple of times and I was sure [that] I had cancer, but they assured me that I didn’t.”

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Doctors assured him it was just reflux, and according to Brian, he first addressed the issue some three years ago.

He, however, hadn’t experienced any other symptoms. What’s most, he has been working heavy jobs that involved lifting objects and taking 25,000 steps a day, but he still felt fine.

As of now, Brian is undergoing chemo and radiotherapy treatments.

In the clip he shared, he explains that he receives three consecutive treatments followed by 21 days off. He’s also receiving radiation therapy twice a day for five days a week.

Luckily, despite the intensive treatments, Brian isn’t experiencing any serious discomfort.

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One ‘unpredictable’ move can remove Trump from the White House, an expert warns

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After a series of executive orders President Donald Trump started signing right after his inauguration, some of which controversial due to their conflict with constitutional principles, existing laws, or public opinion, his administration has yet again found itself under scrutiny.

Namely, political analyst Adam Boulton believes Trump should be more concerned for his own administration rather than the Democrats themselves.

Penning his opinion in The i Paper, Boulton notes, ”Should Trump become more of an unpredictable liability — tanking the economy with tariffs, say, or pushing America into an armed confrontation with an ally — then Republicans, including cabinet members, may decide that his comparatively squeaky-clean, family-oriented VP is a better bet to keep them in power.”

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Further, the veteran expert labels JD Vance “the most assertive US vice president of modern times, providing the ideological backbone to Donald Trump’s presidency, especially on foreign policy.”

In fact, Vance’s relationship with Trump is a rather controversial one. In the past, while he worked as a venture investor, Vance referred to the business mogul as to “America’s Hitler” and called himself “a never-Trump guy.”

Today, however, many consider him one of the most loyal men in Trump’s close circle and administration.

Most recently, Vance has gotten involved in sort of a political scandal when editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally invited in a private conversation of a Signal group.

The participants in the group were discussing a military attack on Yemen, sharing sensitive information.

As expected, inviting a journalist to join in the conversation by mistake raised plenty of questions regarding national security protocols and the use of unsecured channels for sensitive information, with the Senate Armed Services Committee calling for an independent investigation.

Once Goldberg spoke of the incident, he shared one of the messages sent within the group by Vance questioned Trump’s positions. “I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now,” Vance wrote.

Staffan Lindberg, a political scientist at V-Dem, warned that “the USA now seems to be heading towards a transition away from democracy under President Trump. In my view, the reverberations of this are and will be enormous across the world.”

Tara Setmayer, a former Republican communications director, shared similar concerns with The Guardian: ”We are approaching Defcon 1 for our democracy, and a lot of people in the media and the opposition leadership don’t seem to be communicating that to the American people. That is the biggest danger of the moment we’re in now: the normalization of it.”

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Rising political tensions within the government could eventually lead to Trump’s removal from the White House. One way could be an impeachment, something he “survived” twice during his first presidential term.

Another possibility is invoking the 25th Amendment, a process in which Vance and the majority of the cabinet could designate Trump “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”

The president could challenge this decision, leading Congress to take action, with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate needed to remove him.

A third option could be political pressure that would force him to step down from the position of a country’s leader himself.

However, even if this would be a possible outcome of Trump’s political career, many experts argue that Vance’s potential lead of the country wouldn’t be much different from what we are seeing now.

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Footage shows SeaWorld trainer’s tragic death after brutal orca attack

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A heartbreaking footage that witnessed the unthinkable attack of Spanish orca trainer Alexis Martinez disturbed many.

The 28-year-old had been working with orcas at Loro Parque’s Orca Ocean in the Canary Islands.

Alexis Martinez was killed by the orca named Keto during a Christmas show rehearsal on December 24, 2009.

He tragically died two months before an orca attacked and killed Dawn Brancheau, a trainer of 14 years.

Orca trainer Alexis Martinez and killer whale Keto
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According to Martinez’ partner, Estefanía Luis Rodriguez, he showed concerns over the behaviour of the killer whales just weeks before the attack during which he lost his life. She said that according to him, the whales were becoming disobedient, disruptive, and aggressive.

Keto, which has never seen the ocean, is a 6,600lb male killer whale born in captivity in 1995 in a SeaWorld park. At the time of Martinez’ death, Keto was on loan to Loro Parque from SeaWorld.

The tragedy happened when Martinez tried to perform a stand-on spy hop where the trainer balanced on the killer whale as he rose out of the water.

But Keto leaned on one side, and according to another trainer, the orca seemed to have deliberately positioned himself between his trainer and the stage.

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Martinez was instructed to slim slowly to another pool, while other trainers used controls that had always worked with killer whales, but Keto refused to obey. Instead, he used hi rostrum – the tip of his beak or snout – to push Martinez to the bottom where he violently played with his body.

Eventually, they managed to regain control over the orca and retrieve Martinez’s body, but he suffered serious injuries, including internal bleeding, that claimed his life.

The post-mortem stated that Alexis Martinez, the orca trainer, had “died due to grave injuries sustained by an orca attack, including multiple compression fractures, tears to vital organs, and the bite marks of the animal on his body.”

Following Martinez’s death, SeaWorld temporarily stopped in-water interactions with whales at three of its parks.

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Keeping Tucker Carlson in our thoughts during this difficult time

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Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson, who served as a long time host on Fox before launching his own media ventures, shared on X that his father, whom he considered “the toughest person in the world,” passed away.

Richard “Dick” Warner Carlson died in his home in Boca Grande, Florida, surrounded by his children.

Just like his son, Dick worked as a reporter at the start of his career, before serving as the U.S. Ambassador to the Seychelles under President George H. W. Bush in the early 1990s. Before that, he worked as Director of Voice of America under President Ronald Reagan.

In his tribute to his father, Tucker wrote, “Throughout his life, he fervently loved dogs” and after a six-week illness, Dick Carlson “refused all painkillers to the end and left this world with dignity and clarity, holding the hands of his children with his dogs at his feet.” 

Born on Feb. 10, 1941 in Massachusetts, to a Swedish-speaking mother who was 15, Dick was left in an orphanage is Boston. He spend his childhood years moving from one foster family to another before being adopted. At 17, he was thrown out of school and joined the U.S. Marine Corps.

“He was a free thinker and a compulsive book reader, including at red lights,” Tucker said of his father.

“He left a library of thousands of books, most dog-eared and filled with marginalia. His reading and life experiences convinced him that God is real. He had an outlaw spirit tempered by decency.” 

Throughout his life, he worked in different countries, meeting various world leaders.

“He was a fundamentally nonjudgmental person who was impossible to shock, and he described them all with amused affection,” Tucker added about his father.

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Dick Carlson was a singe father who raised his sons on his own after his wife departed for Europe and didn’t return, dreaming of leading a bohemian lifestyle, according to Tucker.

Dick often took his boys to reporting trips and educated them at the dinner table “on topics that ranged from the French Revolution to Bolshevik Russia, PG Wodehouse, the history of the American Indian and, always, the eternal and unchanging nature of people.”

He married Patricia Swanson, heir to the Swanson Foods fortune, in 1979.

“They were together for 44 years, all of them happy,” Tucker Carlson wrote. “She died sixteen months before he did and he mourned her every day.”

Richard “Dick” Warner Carlson is survived by his two sons, his five grandchildren, and his daughter-in-law.

May he rest in peace.

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Mom warns about common drink after 28-year-old’s heart attack

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Katie Donnell, a 28-year-old woman described by her mother as an “epitome of health,” died of a heart attack. Her devastated mother, Lori Barranon, believes a popular drink is to be blamed for her daughter’s tragic passing.

Namely, the tragedy struck back in 2021, while Katie was out with her friends. She was rushed to the hospital, where she had spent ten days on life support, before the family made a heartbreaking decision to let her go.

While Katie was “fitness mad,” she did consume a lot of energy drinks, which her mother believes is what led her to her heart attack.

“She would start with a pre-workout before she went to work to supposedly wake up or she went to the gym and did cardio at five in the morning.

“I didn’t realize how much she was drinking until after she passed. Her boyfriend said she would buy a four-pack every two to three days,” Lori explained.

Katie Donnell, a 28-year-old woman described by her mother as an "epitome of health," died of a heart attack.

“Not to mention she was drinking a lot of coffee and doing the pre-workout.

“One of her friends said she’d hardly see Katie without an energy drink in her hands. When I cleaned out her car after she passed it was full of cans, at least three or four in there.”

According to Healthline, consuming energy drinks can lead to cardiovascular issues, including high blood pressure and heart arrhythmias. If the consumption is excessive, it can also lead to heart attack.

However, besides Lori’s belief that the consumption of energy drinks was the cause of her daughter’s heart attack, doctors say that it is hard to determine a cause-and-effect relationship between the two.

The safe amount of caffeine intake per day is around 400 mg, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

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“At 28, you just don’t see people dropping dead of a heart attack.

“She was a workout queen, she ate real clean, she ate organic food, she was the epitome of health other than [having energy drinks],” Lori said of her daughter.

“Doctors said they see this happen a lot with people that do a lot of pre-workout or energy drinks but they wouldn’t give the cause of death to that. I know for a fact that was what was wrong with her.

“I beg people to counsel your kids and watch what they’re doing, I think energy drinks should be banned.”

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End-of-life nurse shares the most disturbing behaviors seen in those nearing death

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Julie McFadden is a hospice nurse who has witnessed a number of deaths throughout her life. Very often, she speaks of the reality of dying in an attempt to help people understand the process of leaving this world through the behaviors seen in those nearing death.

It is her mission to “alleviate the fear and stigma around death.”

She has dedicated her career to helping individuals and families navigate the final stages of life. Alongside her professional work, Julie has authored a book and built a significant social media presence. She’s focusing on themes of death and dying.

In the videos she posts on the social media, she shares insights of the last moments of life of her patients – from their last words and their biggest regrets, to certain behaviors they display.

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Speaking of some of the most disturbing moments the loved ones of the dying person experience are the changes in breathing at the person who is about to live the world.

This is known as Cheyne–Stokes breathing, happening as a result of metabolic changes in the body.

These changes are normal, and even if they take place, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the patient is suffering. However, their loved ones understand it as a suffering and most of them say it’s something they “wished they would have known about.”

“You can see that chest rapidly breathing, and then a long pause […] and then rapid breathing again,” she explained.

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Another of the behaviors seen in those nearing death, as explained by Julie is the “death rattle.”

This happens when the mouth creates saliva but the brain doesn’t communicate to the body to teel it to swallow it, leading to a strange gurgling noise.

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“People hear it, they don’t understand it, they automatically assume it’s coming from their lungs. That is not happening. It’s truly just a little bit of saliva,” Julie explained.

“This is not making them feel that they are suffocating, and we know this because the body is showing that it is relaxed,” she added.

According to her, human bodies are built to know how to prepare themselves for dying.

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Researchers claim to have found proof of the ‘soul’ leaving the body at death

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The question of whether the soul is leaving the body the moment a person dies has been a subject of debate for centuries. However, a recent study reveals that this is exactly what happens.

So far, in order to address this topic from a scientific point of view, researches have studies near-death experiences (NDEs), reports of out-of-body experiences, and studies on the body’s energy changes at the time of death.

However, the study discussed by Dr Stuart Hameroff, anesthesiologist and professor at the University of Arizona, captured the brain activity of clinically dead patients.

Dr Stuart Hameroff discussing a research on the 'soul' leaving the body at death
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For the sake of the study, scientists placed small sensors on the brains of seven extremely sick patients moments before they were taken off life support. This enabled scientists to captured each patient’s blood pressure and heart before it ultimately dropped to zero and the person passed away.

Ultimately, an electroencephalogram (EEG) recorded a strange burst of energy that occurred right after death.

“They saw everything go away and then [psh] you got this activity when there was no blood pressure, no heart rate,” Dr Hameroff shared with Project Unity.

“So that could be the near-death experience, or it could be the soul leaving the body, perhaps.”

The expert suggests that the detected movement could be consciousness leaving the body.

“The point is it shows that consciousness is actually, probably, a very low-energy process. This has been a fairly reproducible event—maybe not 100%, but about 50% of patients show this when you measure it,” he added.

Dr Stuart Hameroff discussing a research on the 'soul' leaving the body at death
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Researchers of the study argue that these bursts could be a result of the brain being deprived of oxygen.

Dr Hameroff discussed the theory on The Science Channel’s documentary series Through the Wormhole.

“Let’s say the heart stops beating, the blood stops flowing; the microtubules lose their quantum state,” he said.

“The quantum information within the microtubules is not destroyed, it can’t be destroyed, and it just distributes and dissipates to the universe at large. 

“If the patient is resuscitated, or revived, this quantum information can go back into the microtubules and the patient says ‘I had a near-death experience.”

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“If they’re not revived, and the patient dies, it’s possible that this quantum information can exist outside the body, perhaps indefinitely, as a soul.”

The researchers stated: “In our critical care practice, we spend a significant amount of time with grieving families. In these interactions, we have found that the idea that ‘something’ happens at the time of death is comforting to the families.”

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11-year-old commits suicide after receiving ICE threats from schoolmates

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School police has been investigating the death of 11-year-old Jocelynn Rojo Carranza whose mom claims committed suicide after receiving threats by classmates to report her family to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The young girl died on February 8, five days after her mother discovered her unresponsive in their family home.

“All week I’ve been waiting for a miracle – waiting for my daughter to get better,” her mother Marbella Carranza told CNN affiliate KUVN. “But unfortunately there was nothing that could be done.”

Sixth-graders at her school, Gainesville Intermediate School, around 70 miles north of Dallas b*****d Jocelynn for weeks. They had been scaring her with deportation threats, her mother claims.

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Allegedly, they told her over and over again that once they deported her entire family, she would be all alone.

Sadly, those threats were too much for Jocelynn to handle and eventually led to her ending her own life.

According to her mother, the family wasn’t aware of the ordeal her daughter was going through because she didn’t show any changes at home, but claimed the school was aware because Jocelynn was seeing a counselor about the issue once or twice a week.

“It appears the school was aware of it all, but they never, they never told me what was happening with my daughter,” the mom said. “It appears she would go once or twice a week to counseling to report what was happening,” she told KUVN.

“(I want) justice because it’s not fair – the school was negligent for not keeping me informed of what was going on with my daughter,” she added.

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According to the Independent, the Gainesville Independent School District did not acknowledge the girl’s death. Instead, they issued a statement pointing to its strict anti-bullying code.

“Whenever we receive a report of b******g, we respond swiftly to ensure all students are safe physically and emotionally. While we cannot release any information about specific students or incidents, our schools have several policies in place to combat b******g and resolve conflicts,” the district told CNN in a statement.

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Sadly, Jocelynn’s fears grew even bigger with Donald Trump’s administration policy on illegal immigrants, ordering for the “largest deportation operation in American history,” urging ICE as well as other federal agencies to conduct targeted operations against around 12 million undocumented immigrants across the country.

The entire community mourned the death of this precious girl who committed suicide after receiving ICE threats and feared for her family’s future.

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