Word: heart
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Baumohl isn?t even sure he can trust the surprisingly robust number on its face. With so much riding politically on Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi?s ability to get his country?s once-proud economic heart beating again, "it?s a bit dubious," he says. "I?m not saying there?s some nefarious plot, but with so much political pressure for a turnaround, some analysts suspect that some pretty optimistic reckoning was used...
...Those guys have basically been the heart and soul of that place. Sometimes city councillors play to the camera and get full of themselves. [Duehay and Russell] have always brought things back to earth and put things in perspective," he says...
...hopes to lower instances of diabetes and heart attacks by maintaining a healthier and more fit population overall...
OLDIE BUT GOODY Turns out that a 20-year-old beta-blocker called metoprolol is just as effective in treating congestive heart failure as the newer heart drug carvedilol, which costs about three times as much. Both drugs improve the heart's pumping ability and patients' endurance for physical activity...
DEPRESSING CHOLESTEROL Low cholesterol may be great for the heart, but it may not be so great for a woman's state of mind. A new study suggests that young women with low blood cholesterol (below 160 mg/dL) may be twice as prone to depression as those with higher levels. But don't go wolfing down a pastrami sandwich; the findings need to be confirmed. And if your cholesterol starts inching up, you could be at risk for heart disease--which can be really depressing...