Word: stroke
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...first time in history that a man without the power of speech has the No. 1 record in the country. LUTHER VANDROSS had a stroke in April, and although he's no longer in a coma, he's still in the hospital. But his new album, Dance with My Father, buoyed by a hit single and sympathetic fans, sold more than 400,000 copies last week to grab the top spot on the Billboard charts--something Vandross had never done before. By contrast, last year's American Idol runner-up, Justin Guarini, who can't shut up, saw his first...
...three diabetics will die from heart disease or stroke, yet diabetics often go undertreated for these life-threatening complications. A pair of studies offered a strong argument last week against such neglect. Drugs called statins, such as Zocor and Lipitor, which are widely used to lower cholesterol levels, were found to significantly reduce strokes and heart attacks in diabetics. The need is growing: the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that more than 17 million Americans have diabetes, up 50% over the past decade. And it's only going to get worse; 1 in 3 children born...
DIED. ART COOPER, 65, former editor in chief of GQ, who during a 20-year tenure infused the men's fashion magazine with strong journalism and lively, elegant writing; of complications from a stroke; in New York City. After graduating from Penn State, he worked at TIME and Newsweek and as the editor of Penthouse and Family Weekly. In 1983 he took over GQ, where he provided a home for writers as diverse as David Halberstam, Peter Mayle and Michael Kelly before retiring this spring...
...years, Raymond Hilson thought the infection that left him disfigured was just a stroke of very bad luck. Today he thinks it could have been worse. A school-bus driver from Colfax, Wis., Hilson, now 73, underwent heart-bypass surgery in 1994 at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire. At first the procedure seemed to have gone well. But Hilson contracted a severe staph infection. To treat it, doctors "kept cutting back the flesh and bone," he recalls, until his entire sternum was removed, leaving his beating heart visible just under the skin...
...disease, you will have to go back to the basics: exercise, eat right and watch your weight. You should also find out if you have high blood pressure or diabetes and get treated if you do; both conditions are known to increase one's risk of heart disease or stroke, and there is growing evidence that they may have more subtle effects on thinking and memory as well. Adopting a healthy lifestyle may not be as easy as popping a pill, but the effects are much longer lasting...