Word: framingham
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attacks because of a drastic reduction in the female hormone estrogen. That might result in the rapid buildup of plaque on artery walls where, until menopause, very little existed. "When estrogen levels drop, you've just lost your best friend," says Dr. William Castelli, director of the long-running Framingham Heart Study...
...from them; larger doses, like those used in early birth-control pills, are known to increase the risk of endometrial and breast cancer. Still, many doctors, considering the even greater risk of coronary- artery disease in the absence of estrogen, now endorse the supplementary therapy. One strong advocate is Framingham's Castelli, who calls the evidence of its efficacy in protecting against both heart disease and osteoporosis "overwhelming...
...thought "Pat's Towing Service" would be a big parking lot with hundreds of impounded cars stretching all the way to Framingham. But the reality was even scarier. The towing operation is housed in a very gothic-looking brick building that looks like something out of "The Munsters. "The interior of the building is dark and oily. Broken down and smashed automobiles line the entry. And then you meet...
...Framingham St. 35, Fitchburg...
...first two hours I walked alone, and then, at 12:11, the race caught up to me. At the seven mile mark in Framingham the wheelchair leader passed me going about thirteen miles per hour. The rest of the day I fell further and further behind while I covered ground. At Fisk Pond in Natick, the elite runners tracked by. Fisk Pond is at the 15K point, where the elite runners have their private water bottles, each marked up in some distinctive manner. The squeeze bottles are full of brown, blue, red, green fluids and masked in different colors...