Word: cardiovascular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past have largely shunned sit-ups and cardiovascular work in favor of building their pectoral muscles and biceps through free weights, are now monitoring their fat intake and working overtime to develop their...
This "fab" ab fad is, of course, grounded in vanity. Unlike cardiovascular exercise which strengthens the heart, or weightlifting which enables athletes to compete at a higher level, developing the abdominal muscles offers little reward aside from physical appearance (unless your name happens to be Li Xioa-Xuang and you are performing the iron cross on the rings...
...painstakingly etched into silicon over nearly 30 years. Each spasm, each chemical released into the bloodstream by a dying heart muscle, each patient's treatment, is registered in this giant multivariate database by doctors, nurses and researchers at Duke University. The heart of the Medical Center's Databank for Cardiovascular Disease, these computers tell doctors, with greater certainty and accuracy every day, the best ways to treat not just heart attacks but a variety of other heart problems as well...
...explains the results to the mother. "Your son's genetic inheritance is generally good," he says, "but he is somewhat predisposed to skin lesions. So starting right away, he should be protected against excessive exposure to the sun." And, the doctor warns, "he may well be susceptible to cardiovascular disease later in life. To lessen his risk, after about age two he should begin a lifelong low-fat, high-fiber diet...
...Pennsylvania Medical School, where a groundbreaking three-year study is at the midway point, some of the 100 test subjects already boast of significantly improved health. But researchers are wary of drawing any conclusions before discovering whether the potential benefits outweigh the risks of heightened cholesterol levels and cardiovascular disease. Whatever the results, insists Dr. Diane Meier, associate professor of geriatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, "the view that nothing can be done is inappropriate. There is no place for therapeutic nihilism...