Word: blood
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Braunwald's work is just one example of the fascinating new technology being developed at Harvard for the prevention and treatment of heart attack. Braunwald, along with doctors around the country, is studying the effectiveness of a new drug which acts to dissolve blood clots inside the body. Since many heart attacks are caused by a clot which blocks the coronary artery and deprives the heart of its blood supply, the drug could potentially save thousands of lives...
...while the ability to destroy lethal blood clots may increase the chances of survival in some patients, it may have little or no effect in others. In many instances of heart attack, the coronary artery is not obstructed by a blood clot but by a fatty deposit known as a plaque. Since plaques are not susceptible to drugs like t-PA, other methods must be used to unblock the artery...
Plaques are made up largely of fat, so they tend to absorb different colors of light than the protein-rich blood vessel tissue. By using a special laser beam that reacts especially well with the plaques and not with the surrounding tissue, the doctors have had unusual success in destroying fat deposits...
...NOTEBOOK AWARDS: MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Co-Captain Kelly for her leadership and fine defense. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Katsias, for obvious reasons, although freshman midfielder Sharon Kosakowski played well in the second half of the season. BEST DRESSED: To Groome for sporting a blood-red pair of $80 Air-Jordan sneakers in the Crimson's game against Brown...
...rebel leader, invited to Northwestern by the Conservative Council and International Policy Forum, was prevented from speaking, as protesters drenched him with animal blood before a crowd of over...