Show Page 6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday November 15 1994 Study: Low-fa- I Shuttle commander confident of docking ability t diets safe for kids I w v0 DALLAS (AP) — Sensible diets can reduce children’s cholesterol levels without risk of stunting their growth a new study concludes Federal health experts recom-- l mend that all youngsters over age 2 watch the amount of fat they eat especially those with high cholcs-terol levels in their blood I However many pediatricians are concerned that withholding calorie-ric- h fat may slow growth and keep youngsters from becom- ing as tall as they normally would To help settle the question the ' National Heart Lung and Blood low-f- at fr k Institute launched the Dietary I Intervention Study in Children at six hospitals across the country It is the first major study to examine diets whether cholesterol-lowerin- g : are safe and effective for young ’ people The results released Monday at - a meeting of the American Heart I Association suggest these diets do ' indeed work without sacrificing growth “There has been concern that a diet in children will make them healthy but stunted Now we have evidence that’s not true” said Dr David McCall ' of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio The study involved boys and girls ages 7 to 10 All had relatively high levels of LDL the so-- 1 ' EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Calif (AP) — The first space shuttle commander to handle the refurbished Atlantis is confident it can handle the deft maneuvers necessary to ren- dezvous with a Russian spacecraft next year “Although it’s not an easy task I think it’s a task that can be done with confidence and I feel very good about it” Don McMonagle said after bringing Atlantis bock to Earth Monday NASA’s next shuttle mission will be in early February when Discovery will fly around the Russian spacecraft Mir Atlantis will fly again in late May or early June when it makes the first shuttle docking with Mir “What I learned from this mission is that the shuttle can be maneuvered very precisely in close proximity to another vehicle” said McMonagle who had guided Atlantis in retrieving a satellite After an 11 day mission the shuttle landed in California because Tropical Storm Gordon was bearing down near the preferred site at Cape Canaveral Fla Atlantis brought back a -- wealth of unanalyzed data on the ozone layer Soon after touchdown on a cement runway NASA whisked 10 pregnant rats to an Edwards laboratory for Caesarean sec- tions The rats were the first pregnant mammals to fly aboard a US spacecraft scientists want to learn how weightlessness affects fetal development A team of about 30 US and French scientists were specially brought to California to handle the rat experiments in the event of an Edwards landing Scientists removed fetuses from each pregnant rat’s two wombs The animals are expected to give birth naturally from their second wombs on Wednesday The mothers and the offspring will all eventually be killed and dissected The main purpose of the mission was atmospheric research Atlantis brought back data from seven atmospheric and solar-energ- - study During the three-yeperiod youngsters in the diet ar I : ' I i group lowered their fat consump- tion from 34 percent of their total daily calories to 28 percent Those in the comparison group only dropped their fat consumption to 32 percent All the children’s LDL levels averaged 131 when the study started During the follow up LDL levels fell in both groups as normally happens when youngsters reach puberty However the decrease was three points greater in the dieting children Parents urge ban on drug ephedrine ROCKVILLE Md (AP) — Pam Richardson used to show up ' i tr s' ONE In California after an 1 atmospheric have your own idea of who that person sho be That’s why its important to have a health plan that gives you a choice of physicians Blue Cross and Blue IS RIGHT 'Pc®- Shield of Utah gives you the largest choice ol - r per- to make And the truth is ou DOCTOR physicians in the state To be specific our - B1 te jQjcqg&and 3Jpe: Shield coverage EVERY gives you access to 93 of all Utah physicians which at last count numbered over 3000 Even if you choose one of our other planj like our new point-of-servi- ce plan HealthPoint our popular HMO Health Wise or our preferred provider network ValueCare youll get a greater choice of doctors and hospitals ruuh Just as important all of our plans --- - JOHI SIAM00M TNI 12J-45-4- IEI-4- 1 fea- ture a Managed Care System that is unmatched in the indus- 7U 000900 12341 try- Last year alone it saved our customers over $100 million That's why WE GIVE mi It proves that you can have cost controls and choice in a health plan Ifyou ’re choosing a health plan or recommending one to your clients choose a Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan Call Ohio said ephedrine is rarely found on pharmacy shelves 486-BLU-E today or call your independent agent er - bcut-pum- Although the labels contain warnings and j asthma-medici- ne declare the product to be a ' names brow-tchodiala- tor critics said brand and advertisements lead people to believe the drug really is a government-approveway to stay awake or frtl frppy wnhmit CHOICES d eatirg I 4J ' ' ' sonal choices you 11 ever have ty because it no longer is in demand — the reason as an asthma-fightit was approved for sale in the first place Instead the drug is sold through magazine ads in convenience stores and gas stations marketed under such names as Mini Thins and MaxAlert to people who want p to feel the stimulant’s c side fleets ing '$ i iP photo The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at Edwards Air Force Base research mission Monday at high school football games every week to videotape her son Karl an defensive tackle Now she tends Karl's grave and works to ban the legal readily available drug that killed him Mrs Richardson and her husband Tom asked a government panel on Monday to do whatever it can to make sure no other youngsters overdose on ephedrine as her son did in January “It is obsolete and dangerous” she told a group of experts advising the federal government “We would like to see it stopped so that nobody else dies” Mrs Richardson of Plain City Yw ’ the most important and at at ' " : Choosing a doctor is one o closely linked with heart disease Doctors randomly assigned 334 diet volunteers to follow a low-fTheir families were put through an group and individual counseling sessions They were taught how to shop for certain foods and cook low-fmeals For comparison children from 329 families were given general diet information packets but no special instructions V "'7 y monitors and a $35 million German satellite One ozone monitor broke a day after the Nov 3 launch called bad cholesterol that is intense program that involved frk4 7 I s Imkfw-Ir- BlueCross BlueSIiield of Utah Tbc Company Choice litw of Ku Cft— fJ SWU Anithim R |