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Biotech / Medical : IMAT - ultrafast tomography for coronary artery disease -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: art slott who wrote (3514)	7/3/2000 9:33:03 AM
From: Savant	Respond to of 3725

Anyone have a link to the recent article that said the death rate from walk-ins that had NO symptoms of chest pain was approximately THREE times higher than those WITH chest pains? If I remember correctly. This would seem to me to indicate that screening of asymptomatic individuals might be a good idea...just a thought. It might be a way of getting us to pay more attention, if nothing else. Best, Savant

To: art slott who wrote (3514)	7/4/2000 12:05:47 AM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3725

This is control and regulation of health care. What this regulation means to the person---patient, client, customer, consumer---can imo mean the difference between life and death for some people. In America we should have the right to know our medical status and to choose. After my brother had a heart attack at 58 with block arteries---i headed for the Heart Scan Center because of extreme fatigue similar to my brother's before the heart attack. My scan showed everything nice and clear----what I do have is Mitral Valve Prolapse----which is in fact fatiguing with the accompanying symptoms. The scan did not pick up on the MVP but did satisfy my mind that I would not have to undergo angioplasty with a stent. Then add to my brother---a grandmother, two uncles, another brother---one knows that heart and circulation are major problems in our family. So I support the RIGHT TO CHOOSE REGARDING MEDICAL TESTS AND LIKEWISE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE MEDICAL TESTS RECOMMENDED OR SUGGESTED. When one knows what ones physical status is and what the likely hood is that one has a certain problem then there can be preventive medicine or actions rather than waiting until someone is dieing from a disease in an advanced state to pronounce the person hopeless. To deny those who can afford to pay out of pocket is ridiculous as the monies from these individuals can support research and the cost of owning the latest in technology-----making it available more quickly to the populace. Yes, even the scan may not pick up on everyone or it may spur some to have further testing done or to go on medication. That's okay. Enough said. mj