Word: blooded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past 25 years, doctors in the U.S. have warned their patients about the dangers of high blood pressure, a generally symptomless condition that increases the risk of heart disease, kidney failure and stroke. By aggressively treating folks whose readings exceed the normal limit of 140/90 mm Hg at rest, physicians have prevented millions of premature deaths and untold suffering. But it looks as if we've stopped getting the message. A national health survey released two years ago showed that blood-pressure rates are no longer falling; at the same time, the incidence of stroke has started to rise...
...West about its intentions or whether they?re simply unable to control the military in East Timor," says Calabresi. "But violence is expected to intensify even after Monday?s vote." An independent East Timor may be born on Monday, but Indonesian officers appear determined to bathe its birth in blood...
...Serbia, the Ministry of Health released a bulletin warning that the eclipse "can induce rapid heartbeat, spasms, itchiness, jump of blood pressure, higher blood sugar and frequent urination"; 26 Jordanians were admitted to hospitals but released when doctors found their eclipse-related illnesses to be "psychological...
...potent health argument could be made about the harm this is causing the uncelled in the form of, well, secondhand noise. It makes me very tense to be around someone who's calling the office from the train when he should be napping like the rest of us. My blood pressure goes into the red zone when I hear a cell person honk, "Hello! Wha--? Hello! Are you there? Hello!" especially when I know good and well that they lost their connection five minutes ago, only they haven't shut up long enough to notice. I also find it mortifying...
...Russian troops and Dagestani cops have also had to tackle local Islamic militants intent on independence, and ruthless criminal gangs armed with world-class weapons. But Moscow insists on enforcing one law in particular: no secession from Mother Russia, even if the union has to be retained with Russian blood...