The U. S. Olympic Team is using a new, sports-specific laundry detergent called "WIN" that is the world's first oxidized formula specifically designed to eliminate the embedded sweat and odors found in performance athletic apparel. For years, serious athletes have been using high-performance microfiber apparel for its moisture management and body heat mitigation.

Available for the first time in the United States is the health supplement hard-drinking Japanese swear by with perfect timing as the holiday parties begin to kick off. Ajinomoto U. S. A. , Inc. is lining US shelves with Kampai amino acid supplement. The plum tasting drink, Kampai can be consumed (and washed down with water) before drinking and, again before going to bed. Kampai, which means "cheers" in Japanese is 2,800 mg worth of alanine and glutamine.

An Australian man set off a food poisoning scare when he called a radio station to report that his pork chops glowed in the dark. Health officials say the glow isn't dangerous - and that it's caused by a harmless bacteria known as pseudomonas fluorescens. They say the bacteria usually occurs when meat is starting to go bad. This type of bacteria is naturally present in meat and fish but it multiplies quickly if food is not stored at the correct temperature. Health officials receive an average of two telephone calls a month about glowing meat, with consumers generally afraid that the meat is radioactive or has been irradiated.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurates capital's first five-star hotel. The Kabul Serena Hotel cost $36. 5 million and was developed by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. The 177-room, three-storey hotel is near Karzai's presidential palace in the heart of the capital, Kabul.

Hookah smoking, the latest alternative habit to cigarette smoking, is found to be more harmful users' health then originally thought. A new study in the November issue of the Journal of Periodontology finds hookah smoking is just as bad, and in some cases worse, than cigarette smoking for users' teeth.