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...search for a new liaison between Harvard and the community probably will not alter the way the University negotiates with Cambridge, Boston and the state, a top University official said yesterday...
...following its recommendations, says the report, the American people could cut by at least 20% the risk of developing coronary heart disease, the top killer in the U.S. They could also "substantially" reduce the threat of a host of other ailments, including cancer, stroke, high blood pressure, obesity, osteoporosis and liver disease. Just how to do this is described in the guidelines, which were prepared by a 19-member panel after a review of more than 5,000 studies. The NRC group not only crystallizes the broad dietary goals laid down by earlier reports but also extends them to children...
...top-rated clinics can honestly boast that up to 17% of their patients become parents as a result of IVF. But some lesser operations apparently cite similar potential success rates in their come-ons, even though their own performance may be far worse. Says Geoffrey Sher, medical director of San Francisco's Pacific Fertility Center: "The consumer is in the dark. A startling number of programs have never had a single baby born, and they are still quoting statistics." Doctors can start up clinics even if they have little experience or specialized training. "It's very easy for the medical...
...investigate drug use among athletes in the wake of the Seoul scandal. He claimed that anabolic steroids, banned by the International Olympic Committee in 1975, have been regularly coursing through the bodies of Olympic sprinters and jumpers for decades. He told the Toronto inquiry that many of the top sprinters at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics were on steroids. Although he cited no non-Canadian athletes by name, Francis referred to drug training programs in the U.S., the Soviet Union and several other nations...
...only guarantee of a decent meal, some travelers insist, is the brown bag. Manhattan's William Poll, sandwich purveyor to the Upper East Side top crust, prepares at least 50 boxes a week for his customers. On any given Monday morning, an arbitrager on his way to the coast will stop by to pick up his deluxe, shiny white box. Inside: beluga caviar on thinny-thin slices of white bread, a wedge of brie, English biscuits, a string-bean salad and a chocolate mousse. Fellow passengers look on jealously, perhaps not suspecting that this discerning gent finds $95 a small...