Word: stroke
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...hormone-replacement therapy caused for women, are cautious about advising anyone to take testosterone supplements--even to ward off Alzheimer's. While the pros are still being worked out, the cons are real and troubling. Resnick is convinced that testosterone supplements can increase your risk of prostate cancer and stroke, despite a report in the New England Journal of Medicine last week suggesting that the studies were not large enough to say for sure. Furthermore, the ideal levels of testosterone still need to be worked out. "An 80-year-old should probably not have the levels of a 20-year...
...distribution of wins on Sunday was slightly more even—Princeton won four events while Harvard and Yale each took two—but it was clear from the first stroke that the Tigers would not be caught...
Helal kept cruising in the fourth game, taking a 6-0 lead before Hall clawed back to 6-3. Helal then took two points to set up match ball, but Hall saved three straight—including one on a controversial stroke call—and pulled within one at 8-7 before Helal closed...
Helal, the two-time defending intercollegiate champion, jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first game before Hall gained the serve and responded with an authoritative kill to get on the board. A stroke extended Helal’s lead to 5-1, but Hall battled back to 5-4 before Helal won four consecutive points to capture the game...
...world, where cricketers babble and corporate sponsors reign, he was not anodyne enough. Unlike Border, his closest contemporary, Hookes could not manipulate his sporting gifts to suit the occasion, spread his magic consistently from match to match and season to season, or call on diplomatic skills when needed to stroke the establishment...