Coronary Arterial Calcium Scans Help Detect Overall Death Risk In The Elderly (Science Daily)
Measuring calcium deposits in the heart's arteries can help predict overall death risk in American adults, even when they are elderly, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Coronary arterial calcium scans may predict death risk in elderly (New Kerala)
Washington, July 3 : Assessing the calcium deposits in the heart's arteries can help predict overall death risk in older people, says a new study.
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New Study Finds Coronary Arterial Calcium Scans Help Detect Overall Death Risk In The Elderly (Medical News Today)
Measuring calcium deposits in the heart's arteries can help predict overall death risk in American adults, even when they are elderly, according to a new study published in the July issue of Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Matthew J. Budoff, M.D.
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New study finds coronary arterial calcium scans help detect overall death risk in the elderly (EurekAlert!)
Matthew J. Budoff, M.D., one of the study's authors and a researcher at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), said previous studies had found measuring coronary arterial calcium with computed tomography (CT) heart scans could predict overall death risks in most American adults.
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CO2 Pollution Could Erase Coral Reefs (Wired News)
Scientists warned today that if carbon dioxide emissions continue along their current paths, coral reefs could vanish from the oceans, and would take millions of years to grow back.
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River triggers climate alarm (Adelaide Now)
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has used the shrivelling lower reaches of the ailing River Murray as a graphic example of why Australia must act on climate change.
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