July 29, 2025

A shihtzu walks into a bar...

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The episode begins with a heartwarming story of a 2-year-old shihtzu named Rex, who found a new home in a bar after his owner passed away. Next,a study from Nature Aging, indicating that age-related declines have slowed down, making 70 the new 60. He then covers a cancer study on firefighters who battled the Palisades fire, exploring their increased risk of cancer from hazardous substances. The episode also highlights the Homeless Memorial Blanket project, where volunteers created a giant quilt to honor homeless people who died in the cold. Finally, Mack shares a list of inappropriate calls made to Wales' 999 emergency number, emphasizing the importance of reserving emergency services for life-threatening situations.

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Caloroka Shock Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. Bad story to begin with, but it

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ends kind of okay. A two year old shitsu named

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Rex dashed into a bar when the dog ran in

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during a soccer game. Dan, the manager, took the puppy,

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took him to the vet to see if he was

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okay and find out where he had come from. Dan

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was shocked to learn that Rex's owner had passed away.

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He now lives at the bar. Dan says, he's been great.

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All the customers love him. They even buy him presents.

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He loves attention, he loves treats. He's so spoiled. If

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we have takeaway, he has takeaway. If we have roast dinner,

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he has roast dinner. When we first took on new

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this period it was difficult. You're trying to run a business,

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there's a dog running around the place. It could be tough.

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But now he likes to sit down at chill. It's

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like he's found his home. Now. He's well trained and

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we're self thrilled to have him with us. He sits

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and waits people to come in and inspects them. We

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don't know how he knows which guess are up to

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know good, but he's usually right. He's a well behaved dog,

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but I think he needs a girlfriend. Good news, seventy

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is the new sixty. Scientists have figured out that age

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related to clients experienced by older adults have significantly slowed down,

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according to a new study from Nature Aging. They attribute

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this to improvements in education, nutrition, and sanitation across the

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twentieth century. Professor John Beard of Columbia University said, for example,

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a sixty eight year old born in nineteen fifty had

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a similar capacity to a sixty two year old born

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a decade earlier. Those born in nineteen forty had better

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functioning than those born in nineteen thirty or twenty. If

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we had compared someone born in nineteen fifty with someone

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born in nineteen twenty, would have likely observed even greater improvements.

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But there's nothing to say we'll continue to see the

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same improvements moving forward, and changes such as the increasing

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prevalence of obesity might even see those trends reverse. But overall,

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trends were very strong and suggest that for many people,

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seventy really may be the new sixty. Remember those horrible

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fires earlier this year. While the Wildlife Conservacy is doing

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a cancer study based on firefighters who battled the Palisades fire.

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The goal is to track how the extreme conditions increased

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the firefighter's risk of cancer. Doctor Matt Ron is the

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executive director of the Conservatory and says this is the

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equivalent of a nine to eleven scale exposure incident, and

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we need to start treating them like this. The firefighters

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who battled the Palisades blaze were exposed to hazardous substances

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like carbon monoxide and heavy metals. Those can lead to cancer.

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Ron said, this isn't just a wild fire where vegetation

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is burning. This is, you know, thousands of homes a

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contamination event. Fifty participating firefighters had their blood drawn, provided

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a year ine sample, and shared personal details. Researchers hope

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to turn their work into a multi generational study and

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see if there can be improvement in firefighter protective gear,

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precautions and interventions. Some volunteers have made a giant quilt

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of one thousand blankets in memory of homeless people who

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died in the cold. It's the Homeless Memorial Blanket Project.

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They've been working on it for four years. Their goal

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is to honor those who have lost their lives while

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living on the street and advocate for future without homelessness.

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After hundreds of blankets are collected, they're laid out on

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a display for the public to see and learn more

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about the safety risks of homelessness, like hypothermia, which takes

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the lives of an estimated seven hundred un house people

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in the US every year. If you're interested in joining

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future homeless memorial blanket projects, you can go to their

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Facebook group. In Wales, the Ambulance Service has given a

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list of their most inappropriate calls to their nine to

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nine to nine emergency number, so that's their version of

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nine to one one here in the States. The Welsh

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Ambulance Service said those included a finger stuck in a

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beer bottle and a person whose pet alligator got loose

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and probably got talked about on this program. The organization

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said in twenty twenty four they got four hundred and

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twenty six one hundred and sixteen calls. Of those, sixty

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three eight hundred and thirty six, that's fifteen percent were

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determined not to be life or death emergencies. One caller

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called in with a chip tooth, another couldn't remove a

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bracelet the alligator once said it got loose and I'm

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scared to death. I don't like it. I think it's

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under the sofa. Another caller said, I stuck my finger

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in a plug socket. I didn't feel any effect, but

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I'm ruling out if I electrocuted myself. One caller said

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the cotton from the end of a Q tip was

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stuck in someone's ear. Another said, I've got a question.

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My general practitioner refuses to give me sleeping pills. How

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do I get a hold of sleeping pills? This is

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nine to one one they're calling or nine on nine.

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Andy Swinburne is the executive director of Paramedicine and reminds

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everyone our Emergency Amulus service exists for those whose life

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is in imminent danger. That's people in cardiac arrests, those

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with chest pains, breathing difficulties, loss of consciousness, choking, severe

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allergic reactions, catastrophic bleeding, or someone having a stroke. It's

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really important to apply common sense and make the right call.

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