Month: July 2012

China panics over meat-free diet for athletes

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese coaches and officials are panicking that meat-free diets imposed on Olympic athletes outside their training camps are hampering their performances in the lead-up to the London Games. Chinese athletes have been ordered to minimize the risk of accidental doping from clenbuterol-tainted meat this year by steering clear of pork, lamb and beef. The coach of China’s women’s volleyball team, however, has blamed three weeks on a vegetarian diet for his team’s four straight defeats at the recent world grand prix tournament in Ningbo. …

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WHO probing child deaths from unknown disease in Cambodia

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MANILA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it was helping Cambodia investigate the cause of an unknown disease that has killed at least 60 children under seven years old, most of whom died within 24 hours of being admitted to hospital. The children, the majority of whom were younger than three, had been admitted to hospitals in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh and northern city Siem Reap since April due to high fevers and signs of encephalitic or respiratory symptoms, or both, the agency said. …

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