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From [log in to unmask] Mon Jun  2 23:04:09 1997
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:13:44 -0400
From: MED News Desk <[log in to unmask]>
To: Mid-East Dispatch <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: MED: Vol 1/388 2.6.97: PA THREATENS JERUSALEM CLERKS THE MID-EAST DISPATCH

      DAILY NEWS FROM ISRAEL - ISSUE 388 - 2nd June 1997

HEADLINES:

** 1  PA Threatens Jerusalem Clerks
** 2  Syria: Israel Makes Summits Useless
** 3  Eitan Demands Action Against Arab Vandals
** 4  Mordechai: Volatile Peace
** 5  Yossi Beilin Tricked into Missing Rally
** 6  Hecklers at Hebrew University Graduation
** 7  Worshippers Visit Joseph's Tomb
** 8  Death Penalty Meetings
** 9  Vitamin B-12 Essential to the Elderly
** 10 Peres Refuses to Name His Candidate

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** 9. VITAMIN B-12 ESSENTIAL TO THE ELDERLY

Memory loss and senile dementia may be caused by a deficiency of vitamin
B-12, according to an Israeli researcher at Tel Aviv University.

According to Professor Uri Seligson, insufficient levels of vitamin B-12
can lead to nervous system damage. He noted that these symptoms could
develop in people strict vegetarians who eat no meat, dairy products or
eggs.

Seligson added that many doctors do not have sufficient knowledge of the
inportance of the vitamin and do not treat patients accordingly. Recent
studies have found that 4 to 16 percent of geriatric patients suffering
from memory loss and senile dementia actually had vitamin B-12
deficiencies. Many of these patients were previously diagnosed with
Alzheimers. {MED 6/2 C}

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  Jeffrey Smith       [log in to unmask]
As the lily among thorns is tinged with red and white, so the Community
of Israel is visited now with justice and now with mercy; as the lily
possesses thirteen leaves, so the Community of Israel is vouchsafed
thirteen categories of mercy which surround it on every side.--Zohar