Word: stress
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...real goal is to revitalize the perception of Colombian coffee. Labels on some Juan Valdez products note that the beans are "the primary source of income for more than 500,000 peasant families in Colombia." The U.S. cafes will stress the chain's vertical integration "from the tree to the cup." That altruistic spin could play well in a marketplace where do-gooder brands like Green Mountain and Equal Exchange have captured consumers' attention--and dollars...
Good advice? Yes and no. An angiogram is the gold standard of heart tests, and in Clinton's case it picked up a problem that all his previous stress tests and electrocardiograms had missed. But an angiogram is not something to be taken lightly. It involves injecting a dye directly into the blood vessels of your heart through a catheter that has been threaded into your chest from an artery in your groin. By taking X-ray images of the dye, doctors can get a pretty clear picture of where blood is flowing freely and where there are constrictions...
...according to Dr. Richard Stein, associate chairman of medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, there are complications--including, in rare cases, strokes. For patients who have never had any symptoms (such as the chest pains and shortness of breath that Clinton experienced) and whose stress tests are normal, the risks outweigh the benefits, says Stein...
Mark Zuckerberg ’06-’07 planned to spend his semester away from the College focusing on improvements to his popular networking site, thefacebook.com, while readying his next endeavor, Wirehog, for its long-awaited release. But any dreams of a stress-free semester were dashed on Sept. 2, when the founders of competitor ConnectU.com filed a lawsuit against his site and its five officers...
...Clinton says he "aced" all his stress tests and had no major symptoms until last week. That's not unusual. According to Shah, in about 40% of cases, the first indication of heart disease is a heart attack or sudden death. "I feel really blessed," Clinton told TV-host Larry King last Friday, "because a lot of people who have a heart attack don't get any warning...