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DIED. KATHARINA DALTON, 87, British gynecologist and early expert on premenstrual syndrome; in Poole, England. She began studying the connection between the menstrual cycle and behavioral swings when, as a pregnant medical student, she noticed that her premenstrual migraines had subsided. She gave the syndrome its name and treated sufferers with progesterone therapy, a regimen that was later rejected by most doctors...
...which concluded that "the abduction phenomenon has important philosophical, spiritual and social implications," caused Harvard to consider censure, but a committee later "reaffirmed Dr. Mack's academic freedom." DIED. RICHARD AVEDON, 81, celebrated art and fashion photographer; of complications from a cerebral hemorrhage; in San Antonio, Texas. DIED. KATHARINA DALTON, 87, British gynecologist and early expert on premenstrual syndrome; in Britain. She began studying the connection between the menstrual cycle and behavioral swings when, as a pregnant medical student, she noticed that her premenstrual migraines had subsided. She gave the syndrome its name and treated sufferers with progesterone therapy...
...CANOE/KAYAK (Sprint) Mylanie Barre, Lac-Beauport, Que. Caroline Brunet, Lac-Beauport, Que. Tamas Buday Jr., Mississauga, Ont. Attila Buday, Mississauga, Ont. Ryan Cuthbert, Carleton Place, Ont. Jillian D'Alessio, Middle Sackville, N.S. Richard Dalton, Halifax Richard Dober Jr., Trois-Rivi?res, Que. Karen Furneaux, Waverley, N.S. Steve Giles, Lake Echo, N.S. Kamini Jain, Calgary Steven Jorens, Aurora, Ont. Carrie Lightbound, Mississauga, Ont. Mike Scarola, Waverley, N.S. Adam van Koeverden, Oakville, Ont. Andrew Willows, Gananoque...
Nutritionists and dietitians believe in a healthy or even playful involvement with good food. Sharron Dalton, a professor of nutrition at New York University, suggests a "fruit ceremony." Buy one unusual fruit (or vegetable) a week and do a family taste test together. Don't give up on a new food just because it didn't go over well the first time. Says Tanner: "Research shows that sometimes it takes 10 to 15 introductions." Brussels sprouts, anyone...
...skinny kid and one overweight kid.'" Sometimes kids want to talk about a weight problem, but it's best to listen for their cues, says psychiatrist Denise Wilfley of Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Books can also open up conversations. For ages 9 to 12, Dalton suggests Paula Danziger's The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Judy Blume's Blubber or Jelly Belly by Robert Kimmel Smith...