More Girls Ages 10-16 Join Fitness Challenge (NAPSA)—To encourage young Tips For Cold Weather Skin Care women across the country to be (NAPSA)—Turning the other The NBA Scores Big With Kids more physically active, a program cheek to cold weather may not developed by the United States keep it from damaging your Department of Health and Human skin—but facing up to a few skin Services (HHS), called 4Girls care facts might. Experts offer Health, www.4girls.gov, has formed these tips. a President’s Challenge group. • Close Your Eyes—Sleep plays a major role in maintaining healthy, radiant skin. Doctors say a lack of sleep can slow down the cell renewal process—and that’s when aging can set in. In addi- tion, about 89 percent of women recently surveyed said “getting enough sleep” was an important factor in achieving healthy skin. Cool Skin—It’s important to prac- Try to get at least eight or nine tice a skin care regimen during hours a night. colder months. 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New Help For African Americans With High Cholesterol (NAPSA)—While statin med- vastatin (Crestor) compared to ications have helped millions of African Americans and atorvastatin, comparing equal patients lower their cholesterol High Cholesterol doses of each.” levels, until now, little has been About Crestor *** known about how African Ameri- • Approximately 42 percent of the African- Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which cans respond to statin therapy. American population has high cholesterol is a prescription medication used your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your This is because African Americans along with diet for use in lowering might. are typically underrepresented in • An estimated 45 percent of the African- high cholesterol. In clinical studies, —Phillips Brooks clinical trials. American population has elevated LDL-C, it was generally well-tolerated. The *** One study, called ARIES (Afri- or “bad” cholesterol levels most common side effects are mus- can American Rosuvastatin • An estimated 26 percent of the African- cle pain, constipation, weakness, Investigation of Efficacy and stomach pain and nausea. These *** Safety), presented at the Ameri- American population has never had their are usually mild and tend to go A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked can Heart Association’s Scientific cholesterol levels checked away. Your doctor will do blood and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull Sessions, is the first-ever large- tests before and during treatment rather than push. scale, prospective trial exclusively lent doses of 10 and 20 mg (66 with Crestor to monitor your liver —Ludwig Wittgenstein designed to compare the effects of and 79 percent versus 58 and 62 function. Tell your doctor if you are *** statins in African-American pa- percent respectively). taking any medications, including tients. ARIES evaluated the effi- The study, led by Dr. Keith C. cyclosporine, warfarin, gemfibrozil cacy of AstraZeneca’s cholesterol Ferdinand, clinical cardiologist and or antacids. Crestor is not right for lowering statin Crestor (rosuvas- medical director of Heartbeats Life everyone, including women who *** tatin calcium) and atorvastatin in Center, was conducted among 774 are nursing, pregnant, or who may Life has a tendency to obfuscate and bewilder, such as fating us African Americans with elevated African-American adults with high become pregnant, or anyone with to spend the first part of our lives being embarrassed by our par- cholesterol and found that cholesterol and is the first and only liver problems. Unexplained mus- ents and the last part being embarrassed by our children. Crestor at 10 and 20mg reduced study of its kind. “As an African cle pain and weakness could be a —Ogden Nash LDL-C or “bad” cholesterol by 37 American physician who treats a sign of a rare but serious side effect *** and 46 percent, compared to 32 large number of African-American and should be reported to your and 39 percent at similar doses patients, the ARIES trial repre- doctor right away.