Diabetes risk higher for Mexican Americans says UT expert
Dr. Michael Stern presented preliminary findings from the San Antonio Heart Study showing Mexican American men are 3.1 times and women 2.5 times more likely to have diabetes than Anglo counterparts across income levels in three San Antonio tracts. Obesity, genetics, lifestyle factors, and Native American ancestry are under study as possible explanations.
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San Antonio
Michael Stern
Stern
University of Texas Health Science Center
U-2 Mission Probes Global Cloud From Asian Volcano
A U-2 flight over Kansas will test a thin high altitude cloud observed since January. Scientists at Ames conclude the cloud, about a million tons of debris, likely stems from an Asia-Pacific volcanic eruption around Jan. 20, with other possibilities noted. Results may identify a volcanic origin but not the exact location.
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Associated Press
Mountain View
Calif
Kansas
Asia
Pacific
Owen B. Toon
Federal Space Agency
Ames Research Center
Ames
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mount St. Helens
Wyoming
Toon
Boston man acquitted of murder after accomplice confession
Suffolk County DA says confession by David Coleman shows justice failed in the October 10, 1980 taxi slaying. Coleman previously acquitted, cannot be retried. John Evans, 21, acquitted a day before Coleman’s confession, faces potential review of perjured testimony claims. Flanagan vows investigation and renewed pursuit of truth for Walter Butkiewicz’s murder.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Newman Flanagan
Flanagan
John Evans
David Coleman
Walter J. Butkiewicz
Coleman
Paul Connolly
Evans
Belushi Dies at 33 in Hollywood Bungalow
Comedian John Belushi was found dead at a Chateau Marmont bungalow in Hollywood. Police and fire officials said death appeared natural, with Belushi believed to have choked on food. An unidentified woman last seen him alive was questioned and released. Belushi, 33, starred in Animal House and The Blues Brothers and checked into the hotel for a Paramount project.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
John Belushi
Animal House
Hollywood
Chateau Marmont
Belushi
Dan Cooke
Los Angeles Police Department
Tony di Domenico
Los Angeles Fire Department
Sunset Strip
Judith Jacklin
New York City
Paramount
Cooke
Federal plan lets states decide on distributing thyroid protection pills
FEMA will propose shifting the choice to state health officials whether to provide potassium iodide pills to the public near nuclear facilities in an accident. The FDA endorses the drug as safe and effective, while the NRC cites medical and practical concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Food and Drug Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
FDA
NRC
Richard W. Krimm
Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee
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