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A Sampling of Clips for
July 07, 2004

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Fiber Curbs Estrogen in Breast Cancer Patients
Reuters, July 6-A high-fiber low-fat diet reduces blood levels of estrogen in
women with breast cancer, UCSD researchers report. This may help keep the disease in check, as breast cancers are sometimes driven by female hormones. As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cheryl L. Rock M.D. of the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues studied 291 women at an average of 2 years after a diagnosis of breast cancer.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=5601233

Running Mate Has Big Money
Los Angeles Times, July 7-Now that Sen. John F. Kerry has chosen the former trial attorney Sen. John Edwards as his running mate, Democrats are hoping
that some of the millions that so easily flowed to Edwards will now flow to the Democratic National Committee. (Quote by Samuel Popkin, a political scientist at UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-money7jul07,1,219195.story

Everybody's Highway
Los Angeles Times, Opinion, July 7-Representatives from California and other Western states in the same room without the boxing gloves coming out? It has occurred a handful of times in recent months on two important regional issues: power and transportation. This is all to the good and will give Western states a bigger voice in Congress if the state-level cooperation filters upward. (Quote by Steven P. Erie, a professor of political science at UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/
opinion/la-ed-five7jul07,1,4599345.story

Tiny, but With the Backbone
Sydney Morning Herald, July 8-Australia has a new world record-holder. The
stout infantfish, with a name that means short and stout, is the smallest
creature with a backbone ever identified. The first of six specimens was discovered 25 years ago by a museum scientist, Jeff Leis. But it was only yesterday, after extensive study, that the fish were officially described as belonging to a new species, Schindleria brevipinguis, or stout infantfish, by American researchers at the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/07/
1089000229636.html?oneclick=true#

The Scotsman, (Scotland) July 7
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3172780

Diatomic Power
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 7-Churning and drifting through the world's
oceans - indeed in any place where there is water - are diatoms: single-celled, planktonic algae that are easily overlooked and generally unremarked upon until you actually see one through a microscope. (Quote by Mark Hildebrand, a professor of biology and diatomist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040707-9999-1c7diatoms.html

Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 7-Q & A by Sherry Seethaler, who has a
doctorate in science education and is a UCSD science writer and educator.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040707-9999-1c7sciqa.html