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...report published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers revealed that daily doses of aspirin, or of a blood-thinning medication called warfarin, could sharply curtail the risk of stroke in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the heartbeat is rapid and irregular. The 1 million Americans who have this abnormality face five times the normal risk of stroke. The study, which was to involve 1,244 patients over four years, found that the drugs could cut that risk so dramatically, by 80%, that research was halted after just two years so that...
...courts to be careful about withdrawing life support: medicine is an uncertain science. When Cole's wife Jackie suffered a massive brain hemorrhage four years ago, the blood vessels in her brain ruptured, and she fell into a coma. "The vast majority of patients who have this kind of stroke die within a few hours," Dr. Tad Pula, the head of Maryland General Hospital's division of neurology, told Cole. But Jackie did not die right away; after several crises she stabilized into a vegetative state, which doctors said could last indefinitely. After talking with his children, Cole went...
...really looking toward doubles to set the tone," Co-Captain Nicole Rival said. And the ground-stroke firepower of Rival's freshman doubles partner, Erika Elmuts, may provide the needed spark for a Crimson win in a close match...
...these misperceptions persist among the College's uninformed masses? Put simply, many Harvard students have never set foot inside a boathouse. They have never rowed a single stroke. They have never raced--sporting the Harvard colors--on the Charles River. They have never pushed themselves to succeed beyond their limits at the ultimate collegiate sport...
...Crew was symolized in the McCagg Twins [Betsy and Mary] and [Olympian and stroke] Juliet Thompson," seven-seat Buriak said, "so it's weird not to have them around but we're still a pretty big boat, so I think we'll be fine. We weren't as fast as I wanted to be this weekend, but I'm sure it will work...