Center for low-carbohydrate diet closes

NEW YORK (AP) _ The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine has closed its doors, six months after low-carbohydrate diet guru Dr. Robert C. Atkins died at age 72.

The center was shuttered on Oct. 15, and patients were notified two weeks earlier.

Dr. Keith Berkowitz, a specialist in internal medicine and the center's acting director, announced Wednesday that he would open his own practice later this month that would continue Atkins's philosophy for good health.

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