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Letters to governor Perry signal support for prayer in schools Blood pressure risk
AUSTIN (AP) — Before public schools, letters to school,” said one typical One letter noted the ‘'very
Gov. Rick Perry took up the Perry’s office indicate. email sent to Perry on Sept. troubled time.” Another asked,
cause of school prayer, the ter- ‘T feel it is sad when the 19, a few days after President “What would the world think
rorist attacks of Sept. 1 1 president calls for a National George W. Bush attended a if one state stood up, held its
renewed many Texans’ interest Day of Prayer and Americans multifaith prayer service in head high and told all that we
in re-establishing prayer in are not allowed to pray in Washington. will pray at our schools?”
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A study by researchers in Boston shows that people with hie
blood pressure - the level just below hypertension - are ate
risk to suffer a heart attack, stroke or heart failure.
Americans with high-normal blood pressure
19% of Amei
have higlw
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Blood pressure is measured in miliimeters of mercury (\m%i
is represented by two numbers. Systolic, the top number, isfel
pressure when the heart contracts. Diastolic is the pressureollj
blood in the arteries when the heart relaxes between beats.
Optimal
Normal High-normal Hyp
Systolic less than 120 less than 130 130-139 140orli]
Diastolic less than 80 less than 85 85-89 90orti
SOURCES: American Heart Association: New England Journal of Medicine
Study: Elevate
blood pressure
increases risk
for heart attadl
(AP) — How high is too high
when it comes to blood pres
sure? New research suggests a
reading a few points below the
official benchmark for high
blood pressure significantly
increases the risk of heart
attacks and strokes.
“The lower your blood pres
sure, the better off you are,” said
one of the researchers. Dr.
Ramachandran S. Vasan of
Boston University School of
Medicine. “Our finding empha
size the need for people to main
tain optimal levels of blood
pressure.”
The study of 6,859 men and
women in Thursday’s New
England Journal of Medicine
concluded that those with so-
called high-normal blood pres
sure are two to three times more
likely to suffer a heart attack,
stroke or heart failure in 10
years than those with what is
considered optimal or ideal
blood pressure.
About 13 percent of adults in
the United States have hyperten
sion, or high blood pressure, and
19 percent have high-normal
blood pressure, Vasan said.
“Individuals with high-nor
mal blood pressure are a large
chunk of the population and
physicians need to share this
information with them — that
there is now data to suggest
they could be at increased
risk,” he said.
Blood pressure is the force of
blood in the arteries and is
measured in two numbers. The
high number, systolic, is the
pressure when the heart con
tracts. The lower number, dias
tolic, is the pressure between
beats when the heart relaxes.
High blood pressure is above
140 over 90; high-normal is
130-139 over 85-89; normal is
120-129 over 80-84 and optimal
is less than 120 over 80.
• Those with higlw
blood pressure are
overweight, have highek
terol or diabetes — allposs
contributors to heart di*
Vasan said.
Current guidelines siij
diet and exercise to lowS
normal blood pressure. It
said research is neededtoi
mine whether more aga*
treatment, including it
tions, is warranted.
If studies show treat®
beneficial, the threshold
treating blood pressure
medications could be lo
said Dr. Julio A. Pan
Washington Hospital (
who wrote an accompa
editorial
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studies in the future U
may have a significant
tion,” Panza said.
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National Heart. Lung andB
Institute reviewed data fa
Framingham Heart Study,«
has followed participants
die Boston suburb for more
half a century.
Vasan and his collea
looked at groups of pad
and excluded those with
blood pressure or heart
ease. They followed the
for 12 years to find then
heart attack, stroke or
failure.
Of those with high-
blood pressure, 4 percent
women and 8 percent oft!
under 65 had an incid
older participants, 65 to
rate was 18 percent for
and 25 percent for men.
The researchers call
that the women wereaboi
times more likely and tl
were about two times mo
ly to have a cardiovascula
than those with optimal
pressure.
At least 12 dead in
factory explosion
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP)
— An explosion ripped through
a paint factory in eastern
Thailand on Wednesday, killing
at least 12 workers and injuring
dozens, police said.
The explosion, which set off
a fire that burned for 1.5 hours,
was apparently caused by
chemicals used to make paint,
said police Lt. Col. Nakharind
Nuroon. He said it was not
clear whether the chemicals
were ignited by sparks from
machinery or some kind of
negligence.
Twelve workers at the GF
Thailand factory in the
Panthong district of Chonburi
province, 44 miles southeast of
Bangkok, were confirmed
dead, police said.
Thirty people were admit
ted to hospital with minor
injuries, mostly cuts from fly
ing glass and burns, Lt. Col.
Nakharind said. Twenty of
them were discharged after
treatment.
Thai factory
explodes
An explosion rocked a paint
in Pathong district of Chonbuf
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