European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page in the stars and stripes Friday May 6, 1977 new cure for gallstones May end surgical ordeal Clear by Michael j. Halberstam . President Lyndon Baines Johnson May have offended some americans when he pulled up his shirt on oct. 21, 1965, an showed the world his scar from gallstone surgery. But millions of others who have undergone the same surgical ordeal Proba Bly sympathized with him. For the past Century Medicine s major cure for gallstones has been to remove them. By 1980, such operations May become obsolete if a promising drug that dissolves gallstones without surgery continues to prove Safe and effective in nationwide Clini Cal trials. This treatment technique will be particularly valuable and life saving for persons facing High risk surgery. The federally financed National cooperative gallstone study is now recruiting 900 volunteers who live near the 10 medical Cen ters listed below. To be eligible for participation in the study a person must have gallstones visible by a Ray be Between 21 and 79 years old. And enjoy general Good health. People with liver heart or Bowel disease or cancer or women Able to Bea children will not be  must also be referred by their personal physicians and will remain under Inch general care during the two years of the study. The government win pay for the drug two capsules daily exam nations. Blood tests. A rays and other treatment re lated to the research. The costs of incidental illnesses and gallstone surgery should it be needed will not be covered. The gallstone dissolving drug Chen Odeon a Colic acid called Cheno Chelc acid or Dis one of the natural components of human bile. During the late 1960s, research ers supported by the National Institute of arthritis metabolism and digestive Dis eases Learned that Chenik acid administered in capsules every Day for one to two years could totally dissolve or reduce the size of gallstones in half the patients they  fluids sometimes contain excessive cholesterol which crystallizes into cholesterol gallstones. They May cause no trouble for years or they May trigger sudden and severe pain extending into the right shoulder High fever nausea vomit the usual treatment following an acute attack is to surgically remove the entire gallbladder. Otherwise it we continue to produce stones. Since the gallbladder is not an essential Organ the liver lakes Over to functions and the patient Seldom has trouble with gallstones again. But surgery to remove the gallbladder called cholecystectomy is a serious and expensive operation. The incidence of gallstone disease in creases with age and therefore the disease will probably become More common a there Are More older people in  Tion. So a drug that May make gallstone Dis ease easier to treat and possibly even to prevent. Is a tremendous Boon to patients and physicians alike. Art Buchwald Washington in the Good old Days when your daughter said shews bringing Home a Friend for the weekend it meant she was bring ing Home a girl Friend and when your son said he was bringing Home Friend for the weekend it was a boy. This is not the Case any More and it is causing tremendous prob lems throughout the country. Since there is never any mention of the sex of the Friend on the phone most parents Don t know what to expect or How to handle it. I was Over at Ripley s House the either evening when his , arrived Home for the weekend with her Friend a tall strap Ping fellow named . Ripley was very flustered and said. Well Mickey i guess you want to put your things  them in my  Joan said. Mickey can sleep in the attic mrs Ripley said  can t he sleep in my room Joan asked. Or. Ripley blew up. Because i know he d rather sleep in the attic Joan s room is Fine with  Mickey said. Well it in t Fine with  or. Ripley snarled. Mickey do you mind if we talk to Joan alone there s a Beer in the icebox. Make yourself at  soon As Mickey left the room. Joan said. How could you humiliate me in front of my Friend How did we humiliate you mrs. Ripley wanted to know. By asking Mickey to sleep in the attic when you know perfectly Well there arc two Beds in my  it s not a question of the number of  or. Ripley  s a certain propriety about people sharing rooms when they re not  propriety Joan wanted to know. Mrs. Ripley said "1 know we re old fashioned and out of Date but your father and i get very nervous when we know two unmarried people of he opposite sex Are in the same room under our  Mickey and i Aren t strangers Joan protested. Where do you think we live in Cambridge i Don t want to know where you live in Cambridge. You re not in Cambridge this weekend you re in our House mrs. Ripley  i thought it was my House too Joan said. It is your House dear but it s not Mickey s House. After All. I would seem to me you would enjoy one weekend sleeping alone in your own room mrs. Ripley  i d known this was going to be such a big Deal Joan said i would t have come  s not a big Deal said or. Ripley it s a simple question of moral standards. Ours seem to be different from yours. They May note better but they Are  and that s Why you want to ruin our weekend Joan  re not trying to ruin your weekend dear mrs. Ripley said. What we re offering you Are separate but equal  s All the supreme court asks of any of  that s very  Joan said. But All the Way Down in the car Mickey was counting on sleeping in my room. He would t have come if he had known he had to sleep in the . Ripley said. Hell sleep in your room Over my dead  i decided to intercede. I have a suggestion. Since Mickey was counting on sleeping in Joan s room Why Don t you let him sleep there and have Joan sleep in the attic All three looked at me. Then or. Ripley said. Wait a minute. Suppose Joan decides to come Down from the attic in the Middle of the night it s simple i said. 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