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Obesity is a national epidemic, yet most medical schools are not equipping their students to address it, nutrition advocates say.

The Assn. of American Medical Colleges would like to see this situation change. In an August report, an expert AAMC panel lays out guidelines on how medical schools can incorporate obesity prevention and treatment into their science courses and clinical clerkships.

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Mandating drug tests for public-school teachers in Hawaii would not only be a violation of privacy rights but also expensive and do little to address drug use, according to the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported Sept. 15 that the Hawaii ACLU plans to file a suit against the state, which recently signed a contract with the Hawaii teachers union that includes random and for-cause drug testing.

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