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...cutting back on salt is good for people with hypertension, it should logically be good for everyone else too. It may be, but dueling studies released three years ago demonstrate that the case is far from airtight. Scientists writing in the British Medical Journal concluded that reducing salt intake reduces blood pressure in all people, even those who are not hypertensive. But a study published the very same week in the Journal of the American Medical Association argued that people with normal blood pressure got no significant benefit from salt reduction...
...agreement the negotiators eventually reached was unveiled with plenty of fanfare and not a little hyperbole. "It's a bold step forward in the struggle to help America's kids lead healthier lives," Clinton said. Maybe, but the terms are hardly airtight. Sweetened drinks will still be available at after-school events that parents attend, such as plays and games, and kids remain free to load up on sugar on their way to school. "We'll just get it someplace else," says Zach Pilkington, 15, a student at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in Des Moines, Iowa...
...sophomore righty Christian Staehely has an impressive 2.44 ERA to go along with his 4-1 record. Senior ace Erik Stiller, who ranks fifth in the league with a 3.54 ERA, has totaled a league-high 54 strikeouts in 56 innings pitched. Behind him stands an airtight defense that has committed only 66 errors in 409 chances for a statistically-best .955 percentage.“Eric Stiller is a very smart, talented pitcher,” Brown said. “We want to emphasize our pitch selection, and make him throw strikes down the middle. We need...
...denied knowing they were performance-enhancing drugs. That claim was hard enough to believe then-now, it?s laughable. Fainaru-Wada and Williams, who covered the BALCO case for two years and broke the news of Bonds? original grand jury testimony, look like they?ve built a fairly airtight case, as they?ve based their account on interviews with more than 200 people, memos detailing witness interviews with federal agents, audio tapes, BALCO search warrant affidavits, and other documented evidence. The authors also show that Bonds is a boor, as he allegedly threatened to kill his mistress Bell...
...bracing effect on Capitol Hill. Beset by fears of a possible bird-flu pandemic, Congress last month approved $3.8 billion for flu-pandemic preparation, most of it earmarked for buying vaccines and medicines. The defense appropriations bill carrying the provision also controversially provides vaccine manufacturers with a virtually airtight shield from liability...