| Study Suggests High-Dose Fish Oil May Significantly Improve ...
DANVERS, Mass., Aug 07, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The results of a pilot study published in the Nutrition Journal ( www.nutritionj.com) suggest that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can benefit from daily supplementation of high levels of purified fish oils. The eight-week study demonstrated that children who consumed between 8 and 16 grams per day of EPA and DHA (the long chain omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil) showed significant improvements in their behavior rated by both their parents and the psychiatrist working with them. The study monitored the ratio of two fatty acids in the blood: arachidonic acid (AA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). It has been known from previous studies that children with ADHD have a high AA/EPA ratio in the blood compared to control children.
Defending Duncan a huge challenge for Cavaliers
SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) - When the NBA Finals begin Thursday night, the fastest player on the court may surprise you. It may not be Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, whose incredible bursts seem impossible for someone 6-8 and 240 pounds. And it may not be San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, whose quickness often makes opponents appear as if they are standing still. The player running the fastest may be the big man on the Cavaliers who has received the unenviable task of defending Spurs superstar forward Tim Duncan. Whether it be 7-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas or power forwards Drew Gooden or Anderson Varejao, expect to see a streak of blue and orange hustling down the court at the AT&T Center, hoping to beat Duncan to his sweet spot on the low post.
Reginald Fuller - A theologian of stature
Many of you will know Dori Rockefeller and some will have attended the course of lectures on the Passion narratives she gave at Sarum College during Lent. She left to return to the United States just after Easter, earlier than she had planned, to attend the memorial service of Reginald Fuller. A dear friend and teacher, he died at the age of 92 in his home in Richmond, Virginia. I was delighted and honoured, when preaching and leading a quiet weekend in Virginia a few years ago, to meet this delightful, courteous man, whose gentle, unassuming way belied his formidable learning. .
Woman, 81, Bitten By Some Of Her 120 Pet Rats
(CBS) LOS ANGELES An 81-year-old Los Angeles woman who kept more than 100 rats as pets was taken to a hospital to be treated for animal bites, and animal control officers seized the rodents and other animals, a city official said Tuesday.Responding to a complaint, members of LA Animal Service's Anti-Cruelty Task Force went to a home in the 1100 block of Laguna Avenue yesterday to investigate reports of "deplorable conditions" there, Annette Ramirez of LA Animal Services said.Wanda Langstom was found in unkempt conditions among about 120 rats -- most of were in cages, but animal control officers said a few were loose -- as well as 25 rabbits, a dog, six parakeets, a quail and a cockatiel.The woman had no food in the house for herself and seemed disoriented. Her arms were covered with open wounds apparently caused by animal bites.
INTERVIEW: KEVIN COSTNER (MR. BROOKS)
Though it's not necessarily surprising to hear someone reflecting negatively on the sorry psychological state of the nation, this cynical tone can't help but sound awfully dissonant when it's coming from Kevin Costner, who is inseparable in person from his amiable onscreen persona. Whether he's playing a boy scout (Elliot Ness in The Untouchables), a rake (Crash Davis in Bull Durham) or a bit of both (the iconic title role in the underrated Wyatt Earp), you're always on his side. Heck, you even fall in love with him as a murderous convict in Clint Eastwood's beautiful A Perfect World. Perhaps in reaction to his three-decade streak as one of the most likeable movie stars going, Costner's taken on another serial killer in Bruce A. Evans's Mr. Brooks, and this time he's playing him... well, he's pretty damn likeable in this one, too.
Nicaragua: Plantation workers look for justice in the North
The people crammed into the stifling basketball gym. They filled the court, lined the walls and tumbled beyond the doors onto the sun-blistered streets. They had gathered to hear a promise of justice.
Many had spent their lives toiling on banana plantations that U.S. companies operated in this region some 30 years ago. By day, the workers had harvested bunches of fruit to ship to North American tables. At night, some had sprayed pesticide into the warm, humid air to protect the trees from insects and rot.
As the decades passed, the workers came to believe that the pesticide, called DBCP, had cost them their health. Prodded by U.S. lawyers, thousands joined lawsuits in the U.S. and Nicaragua alleging that the pesticide made them sterile.
The U.S. firms that sold and used the pesticide have never faced a U.S.
|
