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...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...
...sporting life is another element of final club life which you might be missing. Playing beer pong should be an essential part of every student's life, and you're missing it. How exhilarating to be absolutely trashed while doing the great cardiovascular work of directing with your paddle a rounded white projectile into your opponent's plastic cup filled with cheap beer...