Mediterranean Diet Can Cut Heart Disease, Study Finds - NYTimes.com: "About 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables, and even drink wine with meals, a large and rigorous new study has found. The findings, published on The New England Journal of Medicine’s Web site on Monday, were based on the first major clinical trial to measure the diet’s effect on heart risks. The magnitude of the diet’s benefits startled experts. The study ended early, after almost five years, because the results were so clear it was considered unethical to continue. . . ."
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Myanmar Announces Amnesty for Thousands of Anti-Coup Protesters
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The junta, which seized power in February, said it was releasing the
prisoners to mark the Lighting Festival, a three-day holiday that begins
Tuesday.
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