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The American Heart Association has changed the definition of hypertension from 140/90 to the newly revised 130/80.

It will also disproportionately affect younger people by tripling the number of men under 45 and doubling the number of women under 45 with the diagnosis.

Medication will be recommended for patients with previous cardiovascular events, such as heart attack, or significant cardiovascular risk factors determined by factors such as age, blood tests and having other medical conditions that increase risk of heart attack.

The study authors recommend lifestyle changes, including exercise, diet modifications and weight loss, as the first step to reducing high blood pressure. 

Pub-licity...

A 26-year-old Uber driver said a prosecutor hit him, belittled him and threatened him during a ride.

Jody Warner worked as a prosecutor for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office until Monday. The incident that led to her dismissal happened after Shaun Platt picked her up outside a Dallas pub.

Driver said she was drunk, and he refused to continue driving her home when she wouldn't give him directions.  He recorded some of their conversation.

District Attorney Faith Johnson contacted Uber's driver and apologized to him for Warner's actions. Johnson later said, after reviewing and investigating, Warner's conduct was counter to the department's core principle of integrity, and it won't be tolerated. A bad day.

Italy...

It is indeed a bitter pill to swallow: For the first time since 1958, the Italian nationalsoccer team, which holds four world cup titles, will watch the World Cup from Italy next year, rather than live it, in Russia.  

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On October 29th, Juli was photographed giving the middle finger to President Trump's motorcade during a weekend bike ride in Virginia.

The photo quickly went viral. The Monday after the photo was taken, she told her employer, government contractor, that she was the cyclist pictured. The next day, she was fired, as she was in violation of the company's social media policy. 
She is a mother of two.

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Liz...

 
Mary Elizabeth Smith was an American gossip columnist. She was known as "The Grand Dame of Dish". During her career, she wrote columns for the New York Daily News, The Washington Post, and Cosmopolitan.

Sixties...

Alleged...

Robert Mueller is reportedly probing whether Michael Flynn was involved in an alleged scheme to essentially kidnap a Turkish cleric living in Pennsylvania and transport him to Turkey, to be paid up to $15 million.  

Flynn Intel Group Inc. was paid $530,000 for lobbying for a Dutch company owned by a Turkish businessman, work could help the interests of the Turkish government. 

On Election Day, Flynn wrote an opinion piece in The Hill,  in which he accused Gulen of being a "radical Islamist" and a potential terrorist.

The Wall Street Journal also reported that in the discussions concerning Gulen, Flynn was ready to push for the extradition of Gulen from within the White House.

The reclusive Gulen has lived in the Poconos in a gated retreat for the last 17 years. His movement has founded charter schools throughout the U.S. He has never visited any of them and is never seen in public. Instead, he addresses his followers online.
Just allegation.

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