Children worry about body image across ages
Young girls as young as 5 to 8 fret over weight despite being thin, with one 6-year-old eating paper to curb hunger. Experts cite a rising trend of body image concerns and occasional eating disorders among children, linking it to exposure to thin-ideal images in media and fashion.
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Chicago
Ira Sacker
New York
Sacker
Brookdale University Hospital
Brooklyn
Kirstie Bilbrey
Schaumburg
Smiley
Kirstie
Ann Bilbrey
Australia
Hong Kong
U.S
Harris Interactive
Arlington Heights
Ill
Bilbrey
AbioCor artificial heart shows early promise in first patient
In Louisville, surgeons report the AbioCor artificial heart functioned well for three weeks in its first human recipient after a seven hour July 2 implantation at Jewish Hospital. The device, a self contained pump by Abiomed, powers through the skin with an external pack and internal battery, aiming as a transplant alternative. The patient, in his 50s with kidney failure and diabetes, remains critical but stable and is expected to stay hospitalized for months.
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Louisville
Neil Armstrong
Mars
Robert Dowling
Jewish Hospital
Dowling
Abiomed Inc
Danvers
Mass
David Faxon
University of Chicago
John Watson
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Atlantis Ends Space Station Visit Heads Home
The Atlantis crew undocks from the International Space Station after an eight day joint mission. They leave with the new 164 million passageway air lock in place and several minor hiccups resolved. Remaining station residents return in August for a five month stay.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
International Space Station
Earth
Kennedy Space Center
Space Station Alpha
Space Station
Steven Lindsey
Lindsey
Charles Hobaugh
Shuttle
Janet Kavandi
Jim Voss
Cuba praised for social programs despite political system
The World Bank and IMF discuss Cuba's education and health gains while noting tradeoffs with economic progress. A Bank official cites that free press prevents famine and cites North Korea as worse. Colin Powell’s remark that Castro has done some good things draws praise from Castro.
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International Monetary Fund
Wolfensohn
Cuba
Castro
World Bank
North Korea
Miami
Colin Powell
Powell
Condit and Levy affair echoes through decades
The piece argues the Gary Condit Chandra Levy case defined by a relationship kept off campus and under oath denial. It notes the danger of perjury and the harm to Levy’s family as police searched without clues for 10 weeks. The essay frames the affair as a test of ethics in office.
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New York
Gary Condit
Chandra Levy
Chandra
Congress
Newspaper Enterprise Assa
Obituaries note multiple services pending for area residents
Services are pending at Bal lard Funeral Home for Leo J. Carr 87 who died July 22 2001 in Ulysses Kan. Michael Garvey 24 of Odessa is scheduled for 10 am July 24 at University Park Baptist Church with the Rev Johnny Witherspoon. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. He died July 20 2001 in Dallas. Willard Henry Bland 65 of Artesia died July 21 2001 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center with arrangements to be announced.
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Ballard Funeral Home
Leo J. Carr
Ulysses
Kan
Michael Garvey
Odessa
University Park Baptist Church
Johnny Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Michael
Dallas
Andrews
Texas
LaGrone
Willard Henry Bland
Artesia
Eastern New Mexico Medical
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