Word: cardiovascular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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White-coat hypertension--when BLOOD PRESSURE readings spike under the stress of a doctor's visit--may not be as innocent as once thought. Research now suggests that it may lead to cardiovascular abnormalities similar to those caused by persistently elevated readings...
...greatest achievements: modern, high-tech medicine. Western medicine is at its best in a crisis--battling acute infection, repairing the wounds of war, replacing a broken-down kidney or heart. But increasingly, what ails America and other prosperous societies are chronic illnesses, such as high blood pressure, backaches, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, depression and acute illnesses that become chronic, such as cancer and AIDS. In most of these, stress and life-style play a part...
...thesis is complete and I thought to myself, 'What better thing to do than improve my cardiovascular condition?" the senior says. "Now I can outrun would be assassins...
...time to toss the beta carotene pills. In the second slam this year, scientists who studied 1,800 people over a decade found that daily supplements do nothing to lower the chances of dying from cancer or cardiovascular disease. Still, eating fruits and vegetables rich in the nutrient appears to reduce the risk of disease; researchers now suspect that this is owing to an overall healthy diet and not to beta carotene...
...Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, WHI researchers are searching for explanations of the major causes of disease and death in post-menopausal women, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and osteoporosis...