Word: preventives
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...heart's pumping power. A healthy heart registers within the 50% to 70% range. Cheney's is a serviceable 40%. His cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, called that a sign of moderate impairment. Cheney's doctors also announced that for 30 days Cheney will take a blood thinner, Plavix, to prevent blood clots from forming around the stent before it can be covered by the growth of new tissue...
...TIME interviews with both Democratic and Republican legislators show a growing concern that the continuing legal challenges might prevent Florida from meeting its Dec. 12 deadline for choosing electors. If court contests are still unsettled by the end of next week, the legislature may have little choice but to act on its own. "No one is gung-ho about calling a special session," says state representative Bob Allen, a freshman Republican, "but if the situation is still in stalemate, we are willing to take action...
...coach. Gone are the dreary, cargo-like conditions inside. Thin slits of glass that once shut out the light have been replaced by oversize windows, and the tiny, smelly toilets have been transformed into spacious, bright rest rooms. Still, creaky infrastructure will prevent Acela from reaching its top speed most of the trip, but it should cruise consistently at around 100 to 120 m.p.h., more than enough, in Amtrak's mind, to change people's travel habits...
...diagnosed, you may have medications such as nitroglycerin on hand. A nitroglycerin tablet placed under the tongue can provide quick relief by opening narrowed coronary arteries as well as other blood vessels throughout the body. Many doctors instruct patients to chew an aspirin, which thins the blood and helps prevent the clotting that can lead to a heart attack or stroke...
...shape for someone who has had four heart attacks; there is no reason to think he wouldn't be able to serve one or even two terms. Over the long haul, says Dr. Christopher Cannon of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the goal should be to prevent future episodes through more aggressive lowering of cholesterol and treatment with more anticlotting agents. But it's hard to know how much more Cheney's doctors can do, since basic questions about his treatment have not been answered...