Government funds diet studies test low carb versus low fat
Washington agencies plan controlled trials of Atkins like high protein and Ornish style very low fat diets to assess weight loss and health effects. USDA researchers will compare prototypes, measure weight changes, kidney and bone impacts, with results expected in 2001.
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Shalala cites steady weight loss through sensible eating
At the National Nutrition Summit, Secretary Shalala said she has shed 15 pounds since 1996 without severe calorie cuts. She warned against crash and fad diets, urging a gradual loss through sensible eating and regular physical activity, citing durable results.
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Agriculture Department weighs two popular diet plans
The Agriculture Department will test diets modeled on two dominant weight loss strategies to identify the safest and most effective path for Americans. A sample high protein lunch features a hamburger without the bun, onion, cheese, bacon, leaf lettuce, and unsweetened berries, aiming for ultra low fat and low protein content.
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Wildfire Threatens Pecos Wilderness Corridor and Las Vegas Watershed
A 7,000 acre Santa Fe Mountains blaze expanded toward Pecos Wilderness and Gallinas Canyon, six miles northeast of Pecos. The fire scorches ponderosa pine and mixed conifers near campsites and cabins, with unknown evacuee counts. Across the West, fires burn Arizona California Colorado and Utah amid hot dry weather.
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Night lights shown safe for children's vision
Two independent studies reported in Nature found no link between sleeping with a night light and increased myopia in children. Researchers at New England College of Optometry and Ohio State University failed to replicate an earlier Penn/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia study suggesting early light exposure raises myopia risk.
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New England College of Optometry
Boston
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Van Halen to undergo preventative treatment
Eddie Van Halen visits the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for outpatient preventive tongue cancer treatment as part of a clinical trial. The guitarist, 43, has not had cancer and remains a smoker, according to hospital officials.
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Wildfire Surges Through Santa Fe Mountains
In Pecos New Mexico columns of white smoke rose as a major wildfire blackened thousands of acres in northern New Mexico. Evacuations affected cabin owners and vacationers with more than 130 campers fleeing El Porvenir Christian Camp. Camp director Dave Tubbs described the scene as looking like a bomb going up behind them as the fire surged through nearby areas.
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Bailey faces disciplinary trial over self‑dealing funds
Naples Florida—F Lee Bailey, famed defense attorney for Patty Hearst and Dr. Simpson, faces a disciplinary trial that could end his career. Florida Bar attorney Terry Schmidt argued Bailey should lose his license for diverting $3.5 million from stock proceeds from international drug trafficker Claude DuBoc, violating an oral agreement and a court order freezing DuBoc assets.
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Remains of man claiming to be outlaw dug up
In Granbury Texas cemetery workers unearthed the body of a man who claimed to be Jesse James under court orders. DNA testing will determine if the living legend survived the 1882 St. Joseph Missouri killing by Bob Ford. Local residents say the outlaw adopted the name J Frank Dalton and settled near Fort Worth.
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