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...weakening in an artery supplying blood to the brain; the artery was already leaking. Biden was rushed to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for eight hours of cranial surgery, which many patients do not survive. Lying completely still in intensive care afterward led to the development of a blood clot on his lung, which required an operation to implant a filter in a vein. In May he was back on the operating table, for surgery on a second aneurysm. It was a hellish time, but he is completely recovered. "The good news is that I can do anything...
...usual, there was speculation that Iran's change of heart might be related to the 88-year-old Khomeini's deteriorating health. In June the CIA received a report that the Imam was suffering from heart disease, a blood clot or tumor in the brain, and prostate cancer that had spread to his liver. He was said to be under constant medical supervision and receiving large amounts of medication. While reports of Khomeini's impending death have proved to be erroneous in the past, he has seemed increasingly frail in recent appearances and has not been seen in public since...
...Biden has been seen neither on TV nor in the Senate. Much of the time he has spent in Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He checked in on Feb. 12 so doctors could correct an aneurysm near his brain. He returned a month later with a blood clot. Last week Biden was back, again because of an aneurysm. In intensive care after surgery, he was said to be doing well. He is expected to return to duty in the near future...
Nonetheless, many researchers guess that the proper use of aspirin could save 100,000 lives a year in the U.S. Heart disease, it seems, may be finally giving way to treatments both old and new, including both aspirin and artificial clot-dissolving drugs, and a growing concern about exercise, diet and smoking. But just how effective the familiar pills from the family medicine chest are in preventing heart attacks remains something of a mystery...
...Advocate and Bork Opponent Ralph Nader. "It's shaping up as the biggest battle in a long time." For liberals, the stakes were emphasized by the medical problems of three of the four Justices who usually support their views. Thurgood Marshall, 79, was hospitalized last week for a blood clot in his right foot, and William Brennan, 81, for a prostate examination that found no cancer. Harry Blackmun, 78, will enter the Mayo Clinic next month for treatment of prostate cancer...