Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Winners in the field events are: Dov Dherassi of Northeastern in the 35 lb. weight; Len Rao of Northeastern in the shop put; co-captain Blayne Heckel, first in the pole vault, 15 ft. 6 in., Don Berg second, Steve Haines third, all of Harvard; Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace in the long jump and triple jump; Ahmed Kayali second in the triple-jump, Mel Embree third, all for Harvard; Mel Embree first in the high jump, clearing...
OBESITY. Excess weight, whether it is only a few extra pounds or many, may bring an increase in blood pressure. It takes a mile of capillaries to nourish each extra pound of fatty tissue. With each extra pound, there is a corresponding increase in blood volume. This means that the heart must work harder to pump more blood through a more extensive circulatory system...
Until the end of World War II, doctors treated hypertensives, if they treated them at all, mainly by diet. Patients with high blood pressure were told to take off weight and lower their salt intakes. Some patients were put on an almost totally salt-free rice diet so unappealing that most of them abandoned it as soon as they left the hospital and medical supervision. A handful of doctors even tried surgery to depress blood pressure. The operation was called a sympathectomy; it cut certain nerves leading to the organs of the chest and abdomen on the theory that this...
...Jiggetts and co-captain Steve Niemi will handle the weight toss for the Crimson, while Chris Queen will team up with Jiggetts for the shot...
...mother is an indulgent Christian who takes the first opportunity to renounce any responsibility she may bear for her son's condition: Alan was a fine boy until the Devil came along, she says. It is enough to personify Dionysus and Apollo; the stage buckles under the added weight of Marx and Christ...