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Some doctors, after diagnosing ischemia, prescribe nitroglycerin, calcium blockers and other drugs that relax constricted arteries or slow the heart rate. Shell favors nitroglycerin patches applied to his patients' skin. "We don't have proof that this lowers the risk of heart attack," he says, "but anecdotally, I can tell you that my patients are doing better." Others have used bypass surgery (which allows blood to circumvent clogged arteries) or balloon angioplasty (to widen arterial passageways) against the silent attacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fighting the Silent Attacker | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

...image travel begins after a prayer of guidance, during which participants hold hands in a circle. Then, urging each member to take his crystal, to close his eyes and to relax, Moore turns on a tape of soft, classical music and starts her story...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Course Makes Your Life Crystal Clear | 11/14/1986 | See Source »

...really great fun," varsity heavyweight rower Andrea Black said. "Sometimes crew gets taken too seriously. The race is a great way to relax and to get to know the novices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: River Scum Captures Halloween Crew Race | 11/1/1986 | See Source »

...feel I don't have to prove so much," Gehry says. "It feels like I can relax a little." That is all to the good. Not very long ago, Frank Gehry seemed only a very interesting architect. Today, full of confidence, he seems more like a great one. He has peers who are more influential and whose work is more stylish. But no other architect can claim a body of work so distinctly his own or so characteristically American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Building Beauty the Hard Way | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

From its elegant mahogany bar to the cozy wicker furniture on its gingerbread verandas, Grand Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was a place for artists and writers to relax and reflect in style. Graham Greene set part of his novel The Comedians at the hotel, and Sir John Gielgud, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Mick Jagger were also guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tourism: A Grand Hotel Checks Out | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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