group were recommended to lower their blood lipids by change of diet and to stop smoking. Mean serum cholesterol concentrations were approximately 13% lower in the intervention group than in the control group during the trial (based on the difference between the mean of 3 prerandomisation values and the mean of yearly values during the trial). Mean fasting serum triglycerides fell by 20% in the intervention group compared with controls. 80% of the men in both groups smoked tobacco daily at the start of the study. The mean tobacco consumption per man decreased by 45% more in the intervention group than in the control group. However, only 25% of the smokers in the intervention group completely stopped smoking compared with 17% in the control group. Diagnosis of eventsThey continue their campaign to keep the bricks that pave part of the Fourth Ward intact because of what they consider historic and cultural value.

The Freedmen's Town Preservation Coalition is continuing its campaign to stop the removal of the bricks which pave that historic neighborhood west of downtown Houston.

The bricks would have to be removed to replace water, sewage and drainage lines in Freedmen's Town and the lawsuit filed in 2015 by the Coalition to prevent that is still in the courts.

But Dorris Ellis, the group's president, has contacted Mayor Sylvester Turner's office to schedule a meeting.

"Our goals are still the same and we are hopeful that this new mayor would also be amenable to provide the infrastructure that is needed for the residents of the area, to