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...rather than making statements. The media are full of unattainable images, so an Abercrombie & Fitch or a Gap ad can spark a discussion about what the proper build for a boy is. Parents of kids involved in such weight-sensitive sports as wrestling should know that crash dieting can trigger health problems and eating disorders. Danger signs include extreme mood changes, compulsive behavior and depression. Parents of very young boys can take a page from the Barbie playbook by asking their sons to compare muscle-bound action figures with real people they know, like Mom and Dad. When...
...A.H.A.'s expert panel wasn't ready to declare that taking omega-3 all by itself, in pill form, will protect your heart. It's just too easy to get more omega-3 than you need from pills, and the panel was worried that an excess could trigger serious side effects, such as internal bleeding...
...simply reported that populations that traditionally eat a lot of fish--think Greenland Eskimos, Native Americans of the Northwest and the Japanese--have relatively low rates of heart disease. Then laboratory analyses showed that omega-3 fatty acids lower the risk of clots developing in the blood--a common trigger for a heart attack--while reducing the level of triglycerides, another fatty compound that has been linked to heart disease, and decreasing the number of irregular heartbeats. All pretty good circumstantial evidence, but not enough to support a health claim...
...problem is that the 1 million citizens Israel calls Israeli Arabs tend to think of themselves as Palestinians who happen to live in Israel, not as Israelis of Arab descent. It's a crucial distinction and has always been a potential trigger. At the best of times it is a source of friction. In the midst of last week's chaos, it was a spark for some real tragedy...
...cell phone that a military jeep was approaching my area. They gave me the signal: "Your cousin is coming to visit you." Immediately I jumped up and set myself in position. After five minutes, the jeep came, and when it came in range, I pressed the trigger and started shooting. I knew that I had hit my target when I saw the military ambulance arrive at the place. I could see with my eyes the wounded soldier being taken to the ambulance by his comrades...