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With winter approaching, researchers caution us to mind our hearts. According to a French study presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Munich, cold spells too often trigger heart attacks, especially in people with high blood pressure. Tracking more than 700 patients hospitalized over a two-year period, researchers found that for those with high blood pressure, heart-attack risk doubled when the mercury dropped below 39.2F. Cold weather constricts blood vessels and thickens blood, making clots more likely...
...They trigger our awe and our nostalgia as representatives of a flinty, hardscrabble culture that hardly exists today. They lived out a parable of man at one with nature. They used their bodies as they were designed and programmed over the millennia: for walking, for working, for being fed from the earth's natural bounty. It makes one wonder whether the next generation of oldsters will last quite as long. They will need not just the luck of the genetic draw but also the strength to renounce the lure of fast-food days and couch-potato nights that add yards...
...failure. Gallstones, lumps of cholesterol that tend to run in families, are a leading cause of pancreatitis. Tests failed to find any in Latham's case, but that doesn't mean they're not there. By blocking the pancreatic duct, stones a fraction the size of a pea can trigger an attack and not show up in scans. When they are spotted, doctors generally recommend their removal by keyhole surgery (although lots of people who have gallstones never develop pancreatitis). When the illness is attributed to excessive alcohol consumption - the other most common cause - patients are told to practice total...
...husband having sex with a prostitute in an effort to gain leverage over his brother-in-law, who was cooperating in an investigation of Kushner's finances. Finally, McGreevey was caught on an FBI tape using the word "Machiavelli." Prosecutors said it was a code word to trigger a bribery scheme, but the Governor said it was merely a literary allusion...
Traders blamed the bitter dispute at Russian oil giant Yukos for propelling crude prices to record levels last week. But what's less clear is how a company that produces just 2% of the earth's oil supply can trigger a worldwide hike in the price of September crude, which reached $44.60 a barrel on Friday...