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  2. Orthostatic intolerance - Wikipedia

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    Orthostatic intolerance occurs in humans because standing upright is a fundamental stressor, so requires rapid and effective circulatory and neurologic compensations to maintain blood pressure, cerebral blood flow, and consciousness. When a human stands, about 750 ml of thoracic blood are abruptly translocated downward.

  3. Menhir - Wikipedia

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    A menhir (/ ˈ m ɛ n h ɪər /; [1] from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long" [2]), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age.

  4. Thigh gap - Wikipedia

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    A woman with a thigh gap. A thigh gap is a space between the inner thighs of some women when standing upright with knees touching. [1]In the 21st century, some people in the West have begun to consider the thigh gap a special feature of physical attractiveness and physical fitness in women.

  5. A 70-year-old lost 70 pounds and got into weightlifting. She ...

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    The 70-year-old, who stood at 5-foot-3, weighed 200 pounds after years of mindless snacking and was on blood-pressure medication. MacDonald told Business Insider she bowled and played darts and ...

  6. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    Standing with folded arms; Standing contrapposto, with most of the weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs in the axial plane; Standing at attention, upright with an assertive and correct posture: "chin up, chest out, shoulders back, stomach in", arms at the side, heels together, toes apart

  7. 'Steve Harvey' features women in their 70s who look decades ...

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    Not a single one of those women looked over 40, let The ladies are all pushing 80 -- Mimi is 75, Annette is 72 and Linda is 71 -- but they look decades younger. 'Steve Harvey' features women in ...

  8. 17 Useful Gifts for Women in Their 70s - AOL

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    Products that make their lives more comfortable or fun are always excellent ideas, but that still leaves quite a bit of ground to cover — especially as the older consumer knows what they want.

  9. Orthostatic hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Orthostatic hypertension is diagnosed by a rise in systolic BP of 20 mmHg or more when standing. Orthostatic diastolic hypertension is a condition in which the diastolic BP raises to 98 mmHg or over in response to standing, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] but this definition currently lacks clear medical consensus, so is subject to change.