Fear and Fleshiness
Fat sticks around in your bloodstream when you're uptight. Stressed out? Forget that fat-laden comfort food and have something light. Researchers led by Catherine Stoney at Ohio State University have...
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Heart Healer
The Disappearing StentUnlike traditional artery openers, this tiny tube is temporaryPaul WoottonAn artery-fixing tool does its job, then fades awayEvery year, 800,000 Americans elect to have a tiny...
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An Ultra-Thin Shape Memory Alloy For Stretchier Stents And Quake-Proof Buildings
If Superman and Stretch Armstrong produced offspring in some hideous experiment, they might hope to create a new, upgraded iron alloy with super-elastic powers which allow it to keep its original shape...
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Stressed out? Forget that fat-laden comfort food and have something light. Researchers led by Catherine Stoney at Ohio State University have found that fat sticks around in your bloodstream when you're...
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Heart Healer
The Disappearing Stent Unlike traditional artery openers, this tiny tube is temporary Paul Wootton Every year, 800,000 Americans elect to have a tiny metal-mesh tube inserted into their coronary...
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An Ultra-Thin Shape Memory Alloy For Stretchier Stents And Quake-Proof Buildings
Bent Stents Pictured here are stents created with current technologies. The new stents would be thinner and stronger Brigham and Women's Hospital If Superman and Stretch Armstrong produced offspring...
View ArticleFear and Fleshiness
Stressed out? Forget that fat-laden comfort food and have something light. Researchers led by Catherine Stoney at Ohio State University have found that fat sticks around in…
View ArticleHeart Healer
Every year, 800,000 Americans elect to have a tiny metal-mesh tube inserted into their coronary artery to prop it open and improve blood flow to cardiac muscle tissue. It's…
View ArticleAn Ultra-Thin Shape Memory Alloy For Stretchier Stents And Quake-Proof Buildings
If Superman and Stretch Armstrong produced offspring in some hideous experiment, they might hope to create a new, upgraded iron alloy with super-elastic powers which allow it…
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This Flexible Sensor Sticks To Your Skin And Measures Your Blood Flow
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via EurekalertThe device sticks on the skin like a temporary tattoo; the metal part at the end connects it to a computer cableThe blood coursing through your...
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A Genetic Mutation Could Save You From A Heart Attack
Health By keeping your triglyceride levels low Scientists have discovered another mutation related to heart attacks; those who have it run a 50 percent lower risk of having a heart attack. They also...
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Powdered Booze Could Fix Your Clogged Arteries
Health Putting the "party" in "artery" Scientists have discovered that a compound already approved by the FDA can dissolve away this buildup in the blood vessels more effectively than existing...
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Can You Really Die From A Hickey?
Health We asked a hematologist Should you be worried about getting a blood clot from your next love bite?
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Bioengineered Blood Vessels Can Grow Inside Animals
Health The grafts could treat children’s heart defects without needing to be replaced Artificial blood vessels transplanted into three lambs grew up along with the animals.
View ArticleFear and Fleshiness
Science Fat sticks around in your bloodstream when you're uptight. Stressed out? Forget that fat-laden comfort food and have something light. Researchers led by Catherine Stoney at Ohio State...
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Heart Healer
Science An artery-fixing tool does its job, then fades away Every year, 800,000 Americans elect to have a tiny metal-mesh tube inserted into their coronary artery to prop it open and improve blood...
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An Ultra-Thin Shape Memory Alloy For Stretchier Stents And Quake-Proof Buildings
Technology If Superman and Stretch Armstrong produced offspring in some hideous experiment, they might hope to create a new, upgraded iron alloy with super-elastic powers which allow it… If Superman...
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This Flexible Sensor Sticks To Your Skin And Measures Your Blood Flow
Health To better monitor diseases that may affect how blood flows A team led by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a flexible electronic sensor that can...
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A Genetic Mutation Could Save You From A Heart Attack
Health By keeping your triglyceride levels low Scientists have discovered another mutation related to heart attacks; those who have it run a 50 percent lower risk of having a heart attack. They also...
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Powdered Booze Could Fix Your Clogged Arteries
Health Putting the "party" in "artery" Scientists have discovered that a compound already approved by the FDA can dissolve away this buildup in the blood vessels more effectively than existing...
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