Word: stroke
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Doctors have known for years that anyone with a blood-pressure reading of 140/90 mm Hg or higher has a greatly increased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke or developing kidney problems. But the more scientists learn about how hypertension affects various arteries and organs, the more they realize the damage begins long before that somewhat arbitrary cutoff. This growing awareness prompted the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) last week to revise its blood-pressure guidelines so that 45 million Americans whose blood pressure is between 120/80 and 139/89--a level that was once considered...
Let’s first take a look at Harvard’s social menu. As a first-year, one is limited to clandestinely gathering in dorm rooms or searching aimlessly for upper-class parties. In the Houses, those students who by some stroke of luck have a (decent-sized) common room, who are 21, and who are willing to shell out the necessary dough can apply to have a party which will end at 1 a.m. sharp. As often as not, something will upset the delicate balance: it will be “too noisy...
...preparation, Radcliffe’s boats have worked on cleaning up their technique, so that each stroke drains less energy while generating more power...
...that, the squad has been focusing on the specific elements of its stroke...
Since then, the crew has reshuffled its seating positions, seating Hertz and junior Laura Spence in the seven and six seats, respectively, to clean up stroke technique on the starboard side...