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Tuesday, February 1,1
Diet with excess
iron raises risk
of cancer in men
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By Boomer Cardinale
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Even a lit
tle too much iron in men's diets
could increase their risk of cancer,
a new study suggests.
Iron is an essential nutrient
found mainly in red meat and for
tified grains. Too little can cause
medical problems, from anemia to
retardation. But the new research
indicates that supplementing diets
with iron, whether in pills or forti
fied foods, may not be in every
one's best interest either.
The largest study to date, to be
published Tuesday in the Interna
tional Journal of Cancer, shows a
risk of cancer in men beginning to
rise when the amount of iron in
their bodies is 10 percent higher
than average.
"There is such as thing as too
much of a good thing," said study
author Dr. Marc Micozzi, director
of the National Museum of Health
and Medicine in Washington.
"Iron fortification
was instituted with a
lot of good intentions
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The study was published
alongside one from Finland that
found the same phenomenon
there. Smaller studies have had
similar findings, raising the ques
tion of whether American public
health policy, with its emphasis
on fortified foods and vitamins,
should be re-examined.
"Iron fortification was institut
ed with a lot of good intentions
but maybe not with complete in
formation," said Dr. Katherine
McGlyno-an iron expert at the Fox
Chase Cancer Center in Philadel
phia. However, she said more
studies are needed "that really
nail the coffin down to say we've
got to stop" supplementing.
It's much too early to say sup
plements should be stopped, said
Abe Parvanta, a nutritionist with
the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention..
"Whether high intakes of iron
over a lifetime can potentially af
fect health, the research is not de
finitive," he said.
Iron deficiency is mainly a
problem of the poor and malnour
ished. About 20 percent of Ameri
can children living in poverty are
at risk for it.
And, until recently, it had
been recommended that pregnant
women be given iron pills
whether they had iron deficien
cies or not.
It has been known that high
iron overloads can be dangerous,
too. About 2 percent of Americans
have a genetic flaw that doesn't
allow them to properly process
the heavy metal, and they can
rapidly accumulate so much of it
they die.
Arctic blast freezes activity,
traffic in Texas Panhandle
The Associated Press
Parts of the Panhandle shut down Monday under a crust of ice
and hard-packed snow dumped by a storm nosing its frigid tempera
tures south.
Sunshine sparkled in Amarillo on the 10 inches of snow that fell
since Sunday. Schools and some businesses were closed.
"It's slow going — a lot of snow packed and icy roads," said Na
tional Weather Service forecaster Ed Andrade. "Even though the sun
is out, it's not melting."
By noon, Amarillo's temperature had climbed to 13 degrees.
Fifteen inches of snow fell in Silverton. Drifts in that town —
about 70 miles southeast of Amarillo — grew 5 feet high and kept
most people home Monday morning.
"All you see is snow, not hardly any mud," said Diana Ivory, a
clerk at Allsup's Convenience Store. "It's real pretty."
The storm hit the Panhandle and South Plains over the weekend
and continued blasting across Texas on Monday.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory
for areas including Abilene, Brownwood and San Angelo.
Meteorologists predicted possible sleet and snow flurries as far
south as Houston and Victoria by Monday night.
The Department of Public Safety warned of slushy roads and
treacherous bridges from Odessa and San Angelo to Wichita Falls
and into the Hill Country.
All of Interstate 40 across the Panhandle was extremely slick, DPS
public information officer Wayne Beighle said.
Several 18-wheelers had jackknifed, he said, and vehicles were
sliding off rural roads.
No serious injuries were reported from the accidents.
"The next 24 to 48 hours are real critical," Beighle said. "Instead
of the fluffy stuff, now we have hard-packed snow. I call it the thaw-
and-refreeze stage."
Statewide snow tallies included 10 inches in Clarendon, 7 inches
in Borger, 6 inches in Dalhart and Pampa, and 2 inches in San Angelo
and the Permian Basin.
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The Program in Foreign
Policy Decision Making
Department of Political Science
is proud to sponsor an informal discussion with
Professor Herbert A. Simon
Nobel Laureate
and
Richard King Mellon University Professor of Computer
Science and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University
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Advances in decision theory
Tuesday, February 1, 1994
Rudder 308
4:00 - 5:15
A&M Grads spend a year in
Egypt with university housing provided at no cost,
as well as a ten month stipend. For more info:
For more information, please call Dr. Alex Mintz, Director,
pi Policy Decision Making, 845-1410.
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