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

To: David Winkler who wrote (2733)	11/3/1998 2:40:00 PM
From: Bill Coenen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3725

David, Many thanks, that must have been it. It's galling that the CBT procedure is still being fought by those (radiologists, some insurance interests, etc.) with vested interests elsewhere. Oh well, so what's new. Bill

To: David Winkler who wrote (2733)	11/4/1998 5:18:00 AM
From: Thai Chung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3725

Think this might related to IMAT. Heart disease costs British economy big, but prevention spending is small LONDON (November 3, 1998 08:50 a.m. EST nandotimes.com) - It's the biggest killer in the United Kingdom, it costs the British economy $16.7 billion a year and it's preventable, but not enough is being done to curb heart disease, according to a report released on Tuesday. The British Heart Association said up to 1.6 billion pounds a year is spent treating the disease but only one percent of that figure is devoted to preventing the disease. "People should find this report shocking, especially as coronary heart disease is largely preventable, especially under the age of 65," Vivienne Press, the assistant medical director of the organization, said in a statement. "Prevention measures such as lifestyle changes or treatment for high blood pressure can be highly effective, and yet so little of the UK's healthcare budget is spent on prevention." The national charity called for additional funding to increase public awareness to prevent the disease. In its annual report, the charity said lost working days and premature deaths cost the economy 8.4 billion pounds a year. An estimated 142,000 working years were lost because of early deaths from the disease in 1996 and 65.4 million sick days were attributed to the disorder in 1994/95. "Although death rates are falling, the amount of ill health caused by coronary heart disease is not, and may be rising," Brian Pentcosts, the medical director of the charity, said in the report.