Keeping the blood flowing: Every year, thousands of angina sufferers face at least two hospital visits to clean out their clogged arteries. John Bonner reports on progress to refine the medical equivalent of unblocking the drainsFeatures
They overheat horses, don't they?: Intense heat and humidity could provide one test too many for horses at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, says John Bonner. Researchers are desperately trying to find ways of keeping the animals coolFeatures
Early casualties of a sporting life: Thoroughbred racehorsesare pampered aristocrats of the equine world. But many have their careerscut short by injuries that some say are caused by pushing them too hardtoosoonNews