Word: naan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Naan, 60, a secretary for the American Heart Association in New York City, learned from her doctor during a postoperative checkup that her blood pressure was slightly elevated. About a year later she began to be short of breath, and a screening of A.H.A. staffers revealed that her blood pressure had risen dangerously...
Curry, Wilson and Naan are all victims of hypertension, a medical term that seems to suggest nervous disorder but really means high blood pressure. They are more fortunate than most of the 23 million people in the U.S. alone estimated by the A.H.A. to be suffering from the disease. They know about then" condition and are under treatment. Most hypertensives are not even aware that they are being stalked by a quiet killer that often produces no symptoms until it is too late. The A.H.A. believes that less than half of all hypertensives know that they have high blood pressure...