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Yale's dearth of front lines combined with what Yale coach Tim Taylor called a "no-name defense" in the preseason and a big question mark between the pipes with netminder Dan Lombard out with a punctured lung, will leave the squad very vulnerable to a rejuvenated Crimson offense...
Needing two points to secure home ice, the Crimson offense took advantage of the absence of Yale junior goaltender Dan Lombard, who missed the game due to a punctured lung...
...Their sentiments, of course, were not shared by health groups like the American Lung Association, which released a statement Tuesday calling the decision "a victory for the Clean Air Act and for the health of the American people...
Doctors are already exploring ways to make bypass operations easier on the brain. Some surgeons, for example, try to minimize the risk of shaking loose a clot by scanning the aorta with ultrasound for plaque-free regions at which to attach the heart-lung machine. Another option being tested in the U.S. is to stick a filter into the aorta to catch any wayward debris...
Most ambitious of all is a new type of bypass procedure that allows surgeons to operate directly on a beating heart without having to resort to a heart-lung machine. Such off-pump surgery requires great technical skill, however, and isn't an option for everyone. (The best candidates have stable heart function and discrete, easily accessible blockages.) Still unknown is whether off-pump grafts last as long as conventional ones or even if the operation makes any real difference to the brain...