| Show NationalWorld 12A Thursday May 6 1 999 HEALTH NEWS Study: Drinking more cuts risk of bladder cancer in men The study did not look at a The Associated Press Drink more water - and anything else for that matter -and you can lower your risk of bladder cancer researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine American men who drank at least 1 1 glasses a day of all liquids cut their risk of two common types of bladder cancer in half compared with men who drank five glasses or less the study found Water had an independent protective effect Men who drank at least six glasses of water a day cut their risk of bladder cancer in half compared with men who had less than one glass regardless of how much they drank in total liquids Bladder cancer strikes an 310000 people estimated worldwide each year and is the fourth most common cancer among American men Smokers are more susceptible than and it afflicts four times as many men as women the lag time from when a person starts to smoke to when the cancer shows up can be 40 years or more non-smoke- rs The study is the first to a clear link demonstrate between increased liquid intake and decreased bladder cancer of the two types most commonly found in developed countries: papillary and flat transitional cell carcinomas third type squamous cell carcinoma which usually is associated with schistosomiasis a water-born- e parasitic disease common in Africa and parts of the Middle East No one is certain why drinking more liquids helps prevent the transitional cell cancers But some researchers believe the bladder lining suffers less exposure to substances in cancer-causin- g unne when the urine is diluted and urination is more frequent Smoking greatly increases the quantity of carcinogens in like and this study urine previous research found that the risk of bladder cancer was nearly four times higher among heavy smokers than it was among Quitting smoking is the best way to cut your cancer risk according to the study’s lead author Dominique Michaud a research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health But smokers who can’t or won’t quit can still cut their cancer risk substantially by drinking more she said non-smoke- rs The study looked at the drinking exercise and smoking habits of 47909 American men from 1986 to eating early 1996 Besides water none of the other beverages had independent beneficial an or harmful effect Standard-Examin- rtf ut Elephant zoo in Indian M a sj Crashing quartet dies of grief The Associated Press - India LUCKNOW Dis- tressed by a companion’s death Damini refused to move to eat to drink For 24 days zookeepers and veterinarians tned everything elthey could think of to save an determined seemed who ephant to die Caretakers cooled her with a water spray and fans as she lay under a makeshift tent they erected in a zoo in this northern Indian town They tempted her with tons of sugarcane bananas and grass - her favorites They even fed her intravenously Despite all their efforts Damini died Wednesday in her enclosure - loose gray skin hanging over her protruding bones “In the face of Damini’s intense grief all our treatment failed” said Dr Utkarsh Shukla veterinarian at the Prince of Wales Zoo in Lucknow Zoo officials said Damini was 72 She came to the zoo last year and was alone for five months until the arrival in September of a elephant younger pregnant named Champakali The two elephants became inseparable in no time Champakali lapped up the attention According to elephant experts such attachments commonly develop among elephants When Champakali died on April 11 giving birth to a stillborn calf Damini became despondent A week ago Damini The Associated Press Four towers each one 31 2 test high at a power plant in Hagenwerder eastern Germany are demolished with explosives Wednesday The plant was closed down in 1 997 FIRE IN THE HOLE: J ustlinit i moIfortlNAotlior O' offP $100-$60- 0 completely stopped eating or drinking her usual daily quota of 40 gallons of water despite the RC Willey Lov Price! 116 degree heat ! feitotaf Clock (her 39 Purchase Any Receive This Howard Aiifler AnniversaryjClock Free! 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