Word: stroke
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...definition of borderline is not clear-cut. In general, scientists see blood pressure as a continuum: the higher the reading, the greater the risk of stroke and heart disease. But for practical purposes, doctors often set a cutoff point at 140/90, urging patients whose pressure is above that level to seek treatment. (The 140 is a measure of systolic pressure, the maximum force with which the heart expels blood; the 90 indicates diastolic pressure, the strength of blood flow between beats.) But in this study of nearly 1,000 patients, the researchers found that even people with a mean blood...
...Brennan remains keen of mind, but his body is ailing. He fainted about three weeks ago while waiting to board a plane at Newark airport, but revived and went on to take a Scandinavian cruise. After his return to Washington, however, doctors told him he had suffered a mild stroke and urged him to ease up, advice Brennan took. On Friday night he sent a hand-delivered letter to the White House. Citing "my advancing age and medical condition," Brennan wrote that he was resigning "effective immediately...
...leads in Soviet Sources (Atlantic Monthly Press; 264 pages; $19.95). Novelist Robert Cullen, a former Moscow correspondent for Newsweek, jolts the genre into new life with a plausible plot and authentic detail. Stationed in the U.S.S.R., journalist Colin Burke discovers that the nation's leading reformer has suffered a stroke. Hard-liners plan a takeover, and part of the plan is framing the American on trumped-up charges before he can spill his scoop. Meantime, a Soviet actress is also trying to go West. Cullen's chilling portrait of Soviet society in flux is an ideal antidote for 90 degrees...
...word has gone out, an ever increasing percentage), it is an act of man. They, of course, deserve our care and treatment. But it is hard to see from where they derive the claim to be first in line -- ahead of those dying of leukemia and breast cancer and stroke -- for the resources and compassion of a nation...
...warp speed, Total Recall creates a coherent world that is part prophecy, part satire. On future Earth the unit of money is, of course, a "credit." Folks flick on the wall-screen TV to check out ESPN's coverage of the Toronto-Tokyo game, then perfect their tennis stroke with the help of a teacher on hologram. Johnnycab, the robot taxi driver, chirps irrelevant pleasantries until passengers want to throttle him. A married couple debate whether to move to Mars -- as if it were the suburbs -- or to Saturn ("Everybody says it's gorgeous"). Perhaps they should visit Rekall...