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Doctors have discovered that these people carry in their blood a component that seems to protect them against the heart disease that plagues many in the Western world, where affluence has made fatty diets and physical inactivity a common way of life. Rose Sweeney, a head nurse at a Cincinnati hospital, is a member of one of the families. "I eat everything I want," she says. "I don't worry about it as far as affecting my heart or building up plaque in my arteries." Sweeney's mother Regina Darpel, 86, notes that other members of her family have lived...
...good news is that most people have a large degree of control over their cardiovascular health. For the past two decades, the American Heart $ Association (A.H.A.) has been urging people to protect their hearts by giving up cigarette smoking, controlling hypertension and lowering their cholesterol. Many Americans have responded to the first two recommendations. Now, increasingly, they are listening to researchers like Peter Kwiterovich, professor of pediatrics and medicine at Johns Hopkins, who declares, "We have the evidence that if you lower cholesterol, you can prevent heart disease...
...HSDF is "to protect the physical andvisual character of Harvard Square, to protect thequality of life of Harvard Square, and thehistoric character," of the Square, Gifford said.HSDF is composed of Harvard Square residents andbusiness people, she said...
Many Wall Street insiders thought the KKR bid was as self-serving and hasty as Johnson's offer had been. "They broke the golden rule by injecting their egos into a business decision," said one financier who knows KKR well. "They went after RJR Nabisco to protect their franchise as the largest dealmaker...
...wave purple-and-red Azerbaijani flags, hear speeches and denounce Armenian leaders. The Armenians are demanding that Nagorno-Karabakh be fully incorporated into Armenia. Simultaneously, in the industrial city of Kirovabad and in the Nakhichevan region, Azerbaijani toughs went on anti-Armenian rampages. They even attacked troops deployed to protect Armenian property; four soldiers were killed and three civilians shot for violating curfew. At least 126 Azerbaijanis and Armenians were injured, and more than 150 people were arrested...