Word: strokes
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When a patient has high blood pressure, the first drug most doctors prescribe is a diuretic. By accelerating the loss of water and sodium from the body, these medications help lower blood pressure and thus decrease the risk of stroke, congestive heart failure and kidney failure. But a Swedish study released last week provides new evidence that so-called water pills may increase the danger of diabetes and heart attacks...
...like the heavily promoted lovastatin, may be better tolerated, but their long-term safety and effectiveness have not been established. Moreover, reducing cholesterol too far may carry some risk. Some studies, not yet confirmed, have shown a link between abnormally low cholesterol levels and increased danger of cancer and stroke...
...Crimson was paced by sophomore Andy Chao, who shot an eight-over-par 80, and junior Captain Mike Foster, who posted an 81-stroke total on Sunday. The remainder of the team fared nearly as well, with sophomore Dennis Crowley (81 strokes), junior Dave Friedman (84) and sophomore Dave Miller (91) rounding out Harvard's team stroke total...
With nothing to lose, Harvard picked up the intensity against Stanford on Saturday. The top-ranked Cardinal had to be stunned to find the Crimson stroke-for-stroke, shot-for-shot, and goal-for-goal with it for two of the four quarters...
...extra large, where employees are costumed as giant diamonds or Roman vestals in mini-togas. Amid all this, the ritual extraction of money produces shrieks, groans and -- sometimes -- incongruously grim determination. On his first night as a $25,000-a-year dealer, Larry Brown saw a gambler suffer a stroke. "What really shocked me is how the players reacted, how they continued making their bets, reaching over him and stuff," he says...