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...that would put Cheney firmly in the long line of public figures who were less than candid about their medical history, especially when they have something to hide. In 1919 Woodrow Wilson suffered the massive stroke that left him partly paralyzed. But Wilson's doctors and his wife Edith hid the seriousness of his condition so well that even Congress was in the dark. The Senate was reduced to dispatching a "smelling committee" to the White House in a failed attempt to sniff out his real condition. John Kennedy flatly denied that he had Addison's disease, an often fatal...
...teams," says Lee, 46. "I didn't take one break in eight months, not even for half a day. I was miserable--I just didn't have the extra energy to be happy. Near the end, I could hardly breathe. I thought I was about to have a stroke...
...nitroglycerin tablet placed under the tongue can provide quick relief by opening narrowed coronary arteries as well as other blood vessels throughout the body. Many doctors instruct patients to chew an aspirin, which thins the blood and helps prevent the clotting that can lead to a heart attack or stroke...
DIED. LARS-ERIK NELSON, 59, audacious columnist for the New York Daily News for nearly two decades, who also worked for the New York Review of Books, Reuters and Newsday; of an apparent stroke; in Washington. Nelson was an old-school journalist who never missed a deadline, but he had a fanciful streak--he taught himself to play guitar on a long flight back from Latin America with Henry Kissinger (later, he picked up the balalaika). He also spoke fluent Russian and used it to interview Soviet dignitaries during the cold war--and to nettle the English-only reporters...
...have heard of ephedrine, but some 12 million Americans consume the stimulant--extracted from the herb mahuang--in dozens of over-the-counter weight-loss and energy-boosting potions. Now a report identifies ephedra as the likely culprit behind at least 85 cases of heart attack, stroke and other serious reactions over the past two years. The supplement industry disputes the findings, but the study's authors want the FDA to set a "safe dose" level and require manufacturers to spell out just how much ephedra their products contain...