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...Walk, Don't Run," on the benefits of walking as exercise [STAYING HEALTHY, Jan. 21], we referred to a Harvard School of Public Health study that found "those who walked the most--20 hours or more per week" have a 40% decreased risk of a stroke caused by a clot. The correct figure is six hours or more...
...York City. They were very close, even for brothers. So when Adam's liver started failing, Mike offered to give him half of his. The operation saved Adam's life. But Mike, who went into the hospital in seemingly excellent health, developed a complication--perhaps a blood clot--and died last week...
STROKE Until recently, the effect of walking on the risk of stroke was unclear. Some studies showed that folks who are active are less likely to suffer strokes--particularly those strokes that are caused when a clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain. Other studies showed no benefit at all. Then just over a year and a half ago, one of the largest studies to address the issue tipped the balance in walking's favor. In an analysis of the health habits of 70,000 nurses over the past 15 years, researchers from the Harvard School of Public...
DIED. FLOYD SPENCE, 73, 16-term G.O.P. Congressman from South Carolina and former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; after emergency brain surgery to remove a blood clot; in Jackson, Miss. An opponent of Big Government, he was nevertheless a proponent of an enlarged military and national missile-defense program...
...health fears associated with the skies, it is DVT that has captured most public attention. Erroneously referred to as "economy-class syndrome," DVT can strike cramped passengers in any section of an aircraft. In some victims, the effect of the blood clots might be a sharp stabbing pain and swelling in the lower leg. In others, it might be much more serious: part of the clot may detach itself and travel through the bloodstream to the lungs, where it can cause a pulmonary embolism, an obstruction that can prove fatal. The Slater & Gordon case goes to the heart...