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...their own. Those old stalwarts, diet and exercise, still play a crucial role in any good weight-loss program. All that drugs can do is tilt the odds in favor of success. "It's a way of modifying the struggle," says Dr. Arthur Frank, director of the obesity clinic at George Washington University. "It can offer a 10% to 20% boost...
...bone-thin models in the fashion ads seem to live only in slivers of the U.S. along the two coasts -- primarily in New York City and Los Angeles. The people in the country's midsection, points out Dr. Michael Jensen, who treats obese people at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic, tend to be beefier. "There's a lot less social pressure to maintain a lean weight in the Midwest," he says...
...same city, on July 29, 1994, Rev. Paul Hill shot and killed Dr. John Britton and his 74-year-old escort, James Barrett, as their car approached the Ladies' Clinic where Britton was a women's health care provider. The reaction from the anti-choicers? The American Life League denounced the murder as "a horrible, tragic, heinous, serious crime." Operation Rescue's Patrick Mahoney declared that "Paul Hill represents a minority, fringe element of the pro-life movement...
...December 30, 1994, in Brook-line, John C. Salvi III, a "Scripture-quoting believer," entered the Planned Parenthood health care clinic and shot and killed Shannon Lowney, a 25-year-old clinic receptionist, and seriously injured three others. Fifteen minutes later, Salvi entered the Preterm Health Services Clinic down the street, where he shot and killed receptionist Leanne Nichols and wounded two others. The reaction? Massachusetts Citizens for Life said: "We are absolutely heartsick at the news of the shootings. We are praying for those persons who have fallen prey to the action of an obviously deranged individual. Such acts...
...seems like the Catholic Church may have gotten the message. Cardinal Bernard Law recently called for a moratorium on clinic protests "to avoid on the side of the pro-life movement anything which might engender anger or some other form of violence." This courageous move should be applauded by pro-choice and anti-choice activists alike. It is a step in the right direction, but only a step...