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1. Book Publishing: Backstory of OJ Simpson’s ‘Confession’ Book
2. Food Safety: Dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms
3. Health: Men’s Prostate Cancer Testing
4. Parenting: Older Couples Choosing Surrogates to Have Their Children
5. Pediatrics: Lyme Disease and Kids
6. Relationships: Growing Delay in Marriage for Adults in Their 20s

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**1. BOOK PUBLISHING: BACKSTORY OF OJ SIMPSON’S ‘CONFESSION’ BOOK. ERIC KAMPMANN, president of BEAUFORT BOOKS, publisher of the OJ Simpson “confession,” “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer,” can discuss the controversy over the book, his reasons for publishing it, Barnes & Noble’s decision to carry the book — in short, the publishing backstory: “This is America. Readers are entitled to whatever feelings they have about the book and are entitled not to buy it. However, this is the first time we are getting an account of what happened directly from the source, and those who are interested in reading this confession should be entitled to do so. The Goldmans were awarded the rights to the book in bankruptcy court and were implored by the judge to publish it. Fred Goldman gave his word. The book’s publication now prevents future reversion of rights back to the original author and any future earnings off this property. Nicole Brown Simpson’s estate will receive a percentage of the proceeds.” News Contact: Nancy Sayles, nsayles@socal.rr.com Phone: +1-818-999-9571 (9/17/07)

**2. FOOD SAFETY: DANGERS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS IN FOOD. JEFFREY SMITH, executive director of the INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY, a nonprofit dedicated to consumer education about the dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food: “The University of Southampton study shows there are adverse effects from food colorings and sodium benzoate in popular drinks — this is a definitive link from GMOs to human disease and illness. Activists, doctors and scientists have joined together to pressure the producers of GMOs — best body body fitness guide health lifelong mind mind personal sport companies — to stop GMOs in the U.S. The organic and natural food sectors are launching the Campaign for Healthier Eating to provide consumer education over the next 18 months, which could well spell the end of GMOs in consumer food products the U.S., as it has in Europe.” News Contact: N.J. Jaeger, njmail@cox.net Phone: +1-310-377-0915 (9/17/07)

**3. HEALTH: MEN’S PROSTATE CANCER TESTING. DR. SHASHI PAWAR, Ph.D., director of molecular biology and genetics at ACUPATH LABORATORIES in New York: “A new test may catch prostate cancer earlier than ever before. A recent study has uncovered a new, accurate test for prostate cancer diagnosis. Measuring levels of an early prostate-specific antigen called EPCA-2 has been found to be a more effective way to detect prostate cancer than the current PSA test, which more often than not produces medicine hat news classifieds or false-negative results. The EPCA-2 test is not yet available, but with nearly 95 percent accuracy during clinical trials, it could replace the PSA test as the new gold standard for the assessment of potential prostate cancer patients.” News Contact: Melissa Chefec, mchefec@optonline.net Phone: +1-203-968-6625 (9/17/07)

**4. PARENTING: OLDER COUPLES Nutrition and diet article for health CHOOSING SURROGATES TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN. HILARY NEIMAN, founder of THE NATIONAL ADOPTION AND SURROGACY CENTER: “Surrogacy is becoming more and more popular for older couples who are looking to expand or start their families later in life. While older couples are generally only related to the child through the father’s sperm, they have a wide selection of egg donors to choose from. Surrogacy has appealed to many couples who are on second or third marriages, couples who wanted to concentrate on their careers before having children, and couples who already have grown children but want to expand their families.” Neiman is available for print and broadcast interviews. News Contact: Richard Berman, BermanPR@gmail.com Phone: +1-914-572-2707 (9/17/07)

**5. PEDIATRICS: LYME DISEASE AND KIDS. DEB SICILIANO is co-president and co- founder of TIME FOR LYME, INC., a research, education and advocacy group: “Lyme strikes most often in two groups of people: children ages 5 to 14 and adults between 45 and 54. Children are particularly vulnerable for two reasons. They often play in tick habitats during peak tick season. And if they are infected, children often find it difficult to explain the subtleties of how they are feeling. Lyme disease can be devastating in children. Most people with Lyme disease experience a rash, headaches, fatigue and flu-like symptoms, but if left untreated, the disease can also involve learning and behavioral problems, depression, nerve damage, memory loss and other cognitive, psychiatric and achieving aging anti brain fitness mind power strategy super complications. Children with serious Lyme infections have developed symptoms very similar to those of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and even autism.” News Contact: Melissa Chefec, mchefec@optonline.net Phone: +1- 203-968-6625 (9/17/07)

**6. RELATIONSHIPS: GROWING DELAY IN MARRIAGE FOR ‘EMERGING ADULTS’ IN THEIR 20s. JEFFREY JENSEN ARNETT, research professor in the Department of Psychology at CLARK UNIVERSITY in Worcester, Mass., can discuss the U.S. Census report that says almost three-quarters of men and almost two-thirds of women in their 20s, in 2006, said they have never been married: “According to U.S. Census figures released Sept. 12, fewer people are married in their 20s than ever before. But why? Some nutrition and diet article for health claim — without evidence — that the growing delay in marriage is due to economic difficulties. However, a decade of research on ‘emerging adults’ in their 20s has led me to a much different conclusion for why they delay marriage: they’re having too much fun.” Jensen Arnett is author of “Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the Twenties” (Oxford University Press). News Contact: Angela Bazydlo, ABazydlo@clarku.edu Phone: +1-508-793-7635 (9/17/07)

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