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This is not a ploy to sell more blood-pressure medication. The new guidelines make clear that prehypertension is best treated with exercise, weight loss and a more balanced diet. Several studies have proved that the so-called DASH diet, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables and modest quantities of nuts, reliably lowers blood pressure in all ethnic groups. Best of all, there are no side effects...
...SENTENCED. MASAKUNI MURAKAMI, 70, former Japanese labor minister, to 26 months in jail for taking bribes from an insurance company; in Tokyo. The former Liberal Democratic Party kingmaker was fined nearly $624,000, the amount he received for performing favors for the company, including asking questions in the Diet to promote one of the insurer's projects...
...Stone Age tribe was discovered living in total seclusion in the Philippine rain forest. The Tasaday were gentle folk whose language lacked even a word for war. They dressed in loincloths and skirts made of orchid leaves, slept in picturesque caves and lived off the land on a diet consisting of fruit, fish and insects. NBC Evening News broke the story; then a piece in National Geographic, with a shot of a longhaired lad named Lobo on the cover, captured the imagination of Americans and the world. If the Tasaday hadn't existed, someone would have had to make them...
GOING WITH THE GRAIN Does a high-fiber diet protect against colon cancer or not? Scientists have been going back and forth on the question for some time. The two most recent studies, published in the British journal Lancet, may not have the last word on the subject, but at least they are in agreement: both suggest that a high-fiber diet lowers the risk substantially. Study subjects who ate about 35 g of dietary fiber a day (from whole grains, cereals and fruits) had a lower risk--27% to 40% lower--of developing colon cancer than those eating...
...might prove to be a more workable model. Gongdong township in Guangxi is a cluster of remote villages three hours' drive from the nearest paved road or flush toilet. Calcite in Gongdong's water causes kidney stones in residents and a lack of iodine in their diet makes goiters common. For the past six years, the French aid agency M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) has trained the village doctors and midwives to treat minor injuries and illnesses with a basic stock of drugs, while referring serious cases to a township hospital. In addition, MSF introduced a payment scheme that seemed...