[Feminist Daily News]
November 24, 2003

Interfaith Delegation Urges President Bush To Restore UNFPA Funding

A delegation of nine religious leaders released a report to the White House and the US State Department asking that the United States restore and increase funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) because the UNFPA promotes high quality and voluntary reproductive health care in China. ... (see link)

[New York Times: Health]
November 25, 2003
VITAL SIGNS

Patterns: Craving More Than Just Sugar?
 By JOHN O'NEIL

College students whose fathers were alcoholics showed an unusually strong preference for sugary tastes, a new study says, suggesting that an extreme sweet tooth may be added to the list of risk factors for drinking problems.

The study's lead author, Dr. Alexey B. Kampov-Polevoy of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said earlier research had shown that alcohol abusers tended to crave sweets more than most people. But that work had left it unclear whether the preference was a result of the substance abuse or reflected a genetic mechanism. Alcoholism is known to be a highly heritable trait. ... (see link)