Russian rehab.
The eagle has landed, bringing American clinics and even managed care to Russia's ailing state health care system. But so far, that's treatment only the elite--the richest 1 percent--can afford.
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Biomedical subjects
S R Possehl
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Rural routes. For small-town hospitals, nearly all paths lead to this: convert, downsize, network.
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Keeping life sciences alive in Russia.
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Mir: a health report.
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Life in space may help life on Earth.
Teams of chronobiologists from the U.S., Russia, and Japan are working toward a remote computerized health care system which, once tested in space, may change how doctors diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension and conditions predisposing stroke. The system is based on ongoing research indicating that swings in blood pressure charted over a span of 24 hr or longer, rather than a single systolic and diastolic reading, can reveal a new major risk factor for heart disease.
Aerospace Medicine↗