Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Spying on a Silent Killer

Remarkable.

Amplify’d from news.sciencemag.org

Atherosclerosis, the buildup of fatty deposits on the walls of major arteries, can kill without warning. The disease causes few symptoms in its early stages, so sufferers are often hit with a heart attack or stroke before they realize anything is wrong. Now researchers have devised a way to spot the deposits before they cause serious harm by using a combination of infrared light and ultrasound.

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