By Clare Wilson
Cooling the body from the inside could reduce damage after heart attacks
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Its enough to give you the chills. Doctors often cool down people whove had a heart attack or stroke to reduce brain damage, usually with water-filled blankets. But a device that circulates cold water through a tube going down the throat to the stomach may have some advantages.
In a pilot study testing the device in people whod had a cardiac arrest, doctors felt the device was more convenient than blankets and patients quickly reached the target temperature within about …