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Stroke Prevention: Dr. Bradley Strauss shows Magnus Mackay a stent like those inserted in his carotid arteries.
Stroke Prevention: Dr. Bradley Strauss shows Magnus Mackay a stent like those inserted in his carotid arteries.

Stroke Prevention: Dr. Bradley Strauss shows Magnus Mackay a stent like those inserted in his carotid arteries.

Date2/3/1998
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Heredity transmits defects in the way the body produces or uses cholesterol, the blood fat that can clog arteries and cause strokes. Bev Nisenboim tak(...)
Heredity transmits defects in the way the body produces or uses cholesterol, the blood fat that can clog arteries and cause strokes. Bev Nisenboim tak(...)
5/2/1972
A medical first was performed by Dr. William Lougheed, a neurosurgeon and assistant professor at the University of Toronto, when he took vein from a woman's leg and transplanted it into her head to replace a blocked artery that caused a stroke. He's shown with the type of microscope used in surgery.
A medical first was performed by Dr. William Lougheed, a neurosurgeon and assistant professor at the University of Toronto, when he took vein from a woman's leg and transplanted it into her head to replace a blocked artery that caused a stroke. He's shown with the type of microscope used in surgery.
1/6/1970
Medical Marvel: The average carotid stent is about 10 millimeters in diameter and 8 to 10 millimetres long
Medical Marvel: The average carotid stent is about 10 millimeters in diameter and 8 to 10 millimetres long
2/3/1998
Proposed route of Don Valley roadway to drain traffic load from overcrowded north-south arteries, is shown by heavy dotted line on this aerial view of(...)
Proposed route of Don Valley roadway to drain traffic load from overcrowded north-south arteries, is shown by heavy dotted line on this aerial view of(...)
7/7/1948
Shattered dream?: Critics see proposed VIA Rail cutbacks as severing of one the arteries that hold the nation together
Shattered dream?: Critics see proposed VIA Rail cutbacks as severing of one the arteries that hold the nation together
3/30/1989
A system of one-way north and southbound traffic arteries is needed to combat traffic jams such as this one at Yonge and Wellington Sts. (above), says(...)
A system of one-way north and southbound traffic arteries is needed to combat traffic jams such as this one at Yonge and Wellington Sts. (above), says(...)
2/26/1973
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
1/2/1974
Stroke victim: Specialists told Dr. Douglas Dalgleish he'd be blind on the left side and never walk again after his massive stroke, but he proved them wrong and has resumed his medical practice.
Stroke victim: Specialists told Dr. Douglas Dalgleish he'd be blind on the left side and never walk again after his massive stroke, but he proved them wrong and has resumed his medical practice.
5/14/1984
Finding a cure?: Dr. P. Canham of the University of Western Ontario is able to research factors that cause coronar artery disease with a Foundation grant.
Finding a cure?: Dr. P. Canham of the University of Western Ontario is able to research factors that cause coronar artery disease with a Foundation grant.
7/7/1991
Krugerrand for the masses: Donald Mackay-Coghill, head of South Africa's International Gold Corporation, seller of the popular krugerand, shows the new, smaller version of the gold coin that is aimed at small investors for whom the original one-ouncer has become too expensive
Krugerrand for the masses: Donald Mackay-Coghill, head of South Africa's International Gold Corporation, seller of the popular krugerand, shows the new, smaller version of the gold coin that is aimed at small investors for whom the original one-ouncer has become too expensive
10/7/1980
Lamp collector: Colonel Andrew Ritchie of Etobicoke who has made a study of lanterns, especially those used by the railways, shows one of his old signal lamps, a CNR switch marker
Lamp collector: Colonel Andrew Ritchie of Etobicoke who has made a study of lanterns, especially those used by the railways, shows one of his old signal lamps, a CNR switch marker
10/7/1986
Old Pictures of the Klondike gold fields that he inserted in his movie are checked over by photographer Lyle Bebensee. The Humber College instructor spent three years at more than $20,000 creating a 30-minute film of the 1898 gold rush trail
Old Pictures of the Klondike gold fields that he inserted in his movie are checked over by photographer Lyle Bebensee. The Humber College instructor spent three years at more than $20,000 creating a 30-minute film of the 1898 gold rush trail
4/4/1978