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...Public Health--have documented a relationship between obesity and poverty among specific and varied segments of the homeless population. These studies have found a prevalence of imbalanced, fast food-dependent diets among homeless children and higher fat intake and prevalence of obesity--along with significant nutritional deficiency in iron, magnesium, zinc, folic acid, and calcium--among a sample of single homeless mothers. In general, homeless study participants had high-fat diets and high serum cholesterol levels, making them more likely to be obese...
What stunned the scientists was where the peaks and dips of the graph fell. A trained astronomer can read a star's spectrum the way a forensic scientist reads a fingerprint, spotting almost at a glance the presence of an element like magnesium or carbon. But on this spectrum, something was drastically amiss. "It looks like somebody crumpled the spectrum," says Djorgovski. "It's not that we see things that we know about but are in the wrong place. It's simply that we don't know what they...
...most lopsided 78-day war in history finally came, the champagne was for the losers. In Belgrade last Wednesday night, thousands of young Serbs unburdened themselves in the city's Republic Square, dangling out the windows of their cars, blaring the horns and chanting "Serbia! Serbia!" They lit red magnesium flares and launched fireworks into the night sky. "I feel great," said Olivera Todorovic, 22. "It's a wonderful feeling to live again in peace...
BONING UP Eating calcium-rich foods is not the only way to prevent osteoporosis. Fruits and vegetables seem to help too. Data on elderly folks show that those who eat the most fruits and veggies have the strongest bones. Fresh produce contains high levels of magnesium and potassium, which are found in healthy bones and may help prevent calcium from leaching...
Congratulations on your superb report on the giants who laid the foundation for America's spectacular growth. But there was a major oversight: Henry J. Kaiser, road builder; steel, aluminum and magnesium producer; creator of jobs running into the millions; and finally, but not least, founder of Kaiser Permanente, America's largest and most successful health-care program. ALBERT P. HEINER Walnut Creek, Calif...