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Word: clots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf On the Brink of Peace | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: More Surgery For Joe Biden | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aspirin: The Cardiologist's Dream? | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defining The Real Robert Bork | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...perhaps within a year or so. Says Robert Kupor, an industry analyst with the Seattle-based Cable, Howse & Ragen brokerage firm: "It's great stuff, and there's no doubt it will ultimately be approved." Once that happens, experts expect to see a $1 billion-a-year market for clot-dissolving drugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BIOTECHNOLOGY: It's Time to Try, Try Again | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

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