Cool Aid: Drug That Lets Body Temperature Drop Could Save Stroke Victims
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
During the last decade, a series of studies in The New England Journal of Medicine chronicled the potential benefits of rescuing patients from stroke, heart attack and other conditions by lowering body temperature to reduce demand for oxygen. Depressed body temperature may also have manifold effects beyond the ones described--anything from prolonging life span to inducing a lower metabolic state suitable for long-distance spaceflight. [More]