European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday june 8, 1977 modern Medicine body As Well As min affected by depression Clear Ann tenders by Michael j. Halberstam whether a Case of the blues temporary sadness caused by an unhappy event or enduring deep anguish will strike nearly All of us sometime during our lives often after stress in Job or family relationship. And when depression comes twill afflict our bodies As Well As our minds. For depression is a total body state. Particularly in its More severe forms de pression can disrupt sleep sap Energy kill or increase appetite and sexual desire. De pression can cause headache backache muscle cramps nausea heartburn indigestion constipation dry Mouth and blurred vision to name just a few bodily complaints. Medical journals abound with reports that various illnesses Are accompanied by de pression cardiovascular disease infectious mononucleosis. Stroke and disturbances of the thyroid and adrenal glands for example. Depression often occurs after heart and thy roid surgery and after childbirth when major hormone changes take place in the body kor years scientists have known that striking abnormalities in bodily functions occur during depression. Whether these abnormalities Are the cause or the result of the illness remains unclear. The biological mechanisms of depression arc extremely Complex. Only recently have scientists begun developing even the tools Tor measuring body chemicals and other factors that May influence depression and other mental disorders. The search is one of the most exciting developments in modern Medicine. Most researchers believe from one but Many causes including faulty nervous system functioning heredity defects in body chemistry and hormone production and psychological fac tors. Early studies noted the fitful and shallow sleep that offered the depressed no Relief from their anguish. These observations suggested that depression involves deep disturbances in the brain and Central nervous system. Studies of fraternal and identical twin Sand of siblings show that tendencies toward depression May be inherited. Other studies note that depression is twice As common i women As in men and May be sex linked. The experiences Many women have with premenstrual depression indicate that Hor Mone imbalances influence depression. People diagnosed As manic depressives have lower norepinephrine Levels during the depressed than manic phase suggesting that the problem May be altered production of this chemical transmitter which carries messages across nerve endings throughout the body. Still other research links depression with imbalances in Calcium glucose and sodium Levels adrenal cortical hormones and brain nonsense has been published about the depression inducing effects of sleep Tes Snen poor diet and Lack of exercise none s state of mind. In general however any prolonged towering of physical health can predispose the body toward a variety of mental illnesses including the Best indication that de pression is at least partially rooted in physical origins is the fact that certain drugs Are so effective in treating it while other drug so effectively produce it. like . Imi praline. And do Cpin relieve 60 to 80 per cent of All cases of de pression. On the other hand certain medi Cines such As reserpine used to treat High blood pressure frequently cause de pression. These drugs represent a major treatment breakthrough and although they Are potent and risky they have helped Many severely. Depressed people usually defined As those whose despair lasts longer than two or three weeks and is not related to an obvious cause. These patients must be raised from the Depths and have their symptoms treated professionally in order to Benefit from psychotherapy and other Long Range paths to real adjustment and Relief from depression Art Buchwald Washington under the title of where Are they now have researched the class of 69 at Molotov cocktail tech. Here is what happened to some of the civil trope was the first student to graduate from Molotov As a Complete illiterate. He could neither read nor write after four years of co a rec but the faculty and president decided to give him his diploma anyway just to gel rid of him. Rip is now teaching freshman English history and creative writing at Forest Lawn High school. He does t scr Many of his classmates from 1969. I d like to write to them he told me. Hut you know How it bean strip was cheerleader and Homecoming Queen of the class of 69. She was voted the most popular girl in her class. She now is a member of the Church of the heavenly laser and Sells carnations at Chicago s o Are Airport. Nancy who nows uses the name eternal Light has been reprogrammed six times but keeps return ing to o Hare Tarpon to find her True Goldstream who ran out on the Field naked during the Molo Tov Singleton u. Football game which was covered on nationwide Tele vision to protest sex discrimination in sports at the University is now married to a Cha and lives in Fairlawn Village. She has three Small children drives a station Wagon plays Tennis three times a week and is vice president of her Junior league. She said she was too Busy to talk to me because she had to pick up her Chil Dren from dancing school and take them to their piano lessons. When brought up the famous football incident she just pursed her lips and said i think a woman s place is in the Kahme who threw himself on top of Henry Kissinger s limousine to protest the War in Vietnam. Is now a Captain in the m a 30-year he said proudly. Civilians Don t understand that the soviets Only Deal from outfit was All set to go to Angola but some bureaucrat in the Pentagon scratched it. If we Don t Stop the commies in Angola we lube fighting them on the beaches of Par i asked How an Antiwar fanatic was Able to change into a Gung to Marine. He replied "1 saw the to commercial where they showed these Guys in their red White and Blue uniforms. It was out of sight and i said to myself that s the life for me the last student of the class of 691 talked to was Emmett Fiedler Man. As you recall Emmet blew up the science building the Library and the Liberal arts Center to show that education had no relevance. Fiedler Man has just been appointed by the Carter administrations director of the Bureau for the advancement of higher education. His first act As director was to give Molotov a tis Mihon Grant to re construct the buildings he blew up. In Exchange for his magnificent gesture Molotov is giving Fiedler Man an honorary degree As doctor of humanities. Id lot a a itt Tom across word with Apple or grass s leather Moccasin i footless animal 12 italian coins13 Money of account14 completed 15 biblical name 16 Short napped 1? killer whale18 show off defiantly 20 Kim Rossor Tab 22 French coin21 baronet s title14 move along easily 27 one 32 Rio de 33 fuss j4 sign of hit play 3 baby Carriage 3s Peter Orivan 51 Endeavor High Hill 42 kind of fancy handbag45 wears away49 River in germany50 sea Bird 52 word wit cloth or cone53 girl s name 54 guided55 sacred image avg. Solution 56 the Liangos China 57 overhead railway is primitive chisel down1 musical. Symbols Rivulet 3 heard Tlascala 4 preoccupy5 european country Macaw 7 read Money i aphrodite loved him time 26 Man. Ianswer to yesterday s panic. T female doorkeeper ii at one time11 beloved 19 japanese drama Al avail24 Spanish article table fragment 21 easily carried 21 american humorist presages it time period 31 beetle36 severe trial 37 Lixi Aiumu word with cancer or Capricorn u conjunction zone 43 Charl Slamb 44 takeout 46 Cut int cubes 47 chemical suffix 41 dispatched i electrical unit today crossword. Dear aim of Yunc not Only do you defend the practice of asking for a waste from the plate of a fellow diner you make those of us who do not agree sound like anti Wojdal creeps t wrote this poem for you ode to the Eppie cute anther s a habit that i hate swiping morsels off the plate by Friendly folks who Only want to share their Streptococci my a taste Gimmie a gregarious people sure arc Quick i be barely Lime to thank the lord my lunch becomes their they re so Happy so Well adjusted the kind of people to be trusted. How come they always seem to feel there s something special about my meal take the whole thing in Colora Odear take Yoor meter is a Little off but the idea is what counts. I confess i received a Lotmore flak on this subject than i. Expected. Here s another one dear Ann Landers so you think it s a sign of affection to ask for a taste of someone s food you further believe it s a sign of generosity to give a taste. Well. Present being asked and i know Why. When 1 was a very Young child i had no rights whatsoever. Came from a Large family and physical space and personal Pri Vacy were not available Tome. Only when i left Home did i enjoy having space and object that were my very own. These privileges mean a great Deal Tome. This is Why i resent it when someone asks for a taste. I i eel they Are encroaching on my property. 1 would t dream of asking fora taste of food from someone else s plate. I am aware that the May have had to fight their very own plate the Way i had to fight for mine. Dilly Dolly of Dayton dear Dolly Little did i realize that thai tasting badness was going la end lip with poetry Andrase histories. But i thank you All for writing. Dear Ann Landers 1 Don know quite How to say this but i Hope you will reword the Lan Guage to make it fit for the paper. A Friend of mine whose Hus band owns a health food store told me that sex is Good for person it he or she wants to lose weight. She said every sex act bums up 100 calories. True or false could lose 10 Pound dear could any physical activity that requires exertion Burns up dories. I would t put number on it since some people arc Lea energetic than there is some truth in the statement. Confidential to mus know u it s Worth 81500 yes the Book your con fight cancer and win by Jane Brody u Well Worth the Money written i language everyone can under stand. It will save Many yours. 1c la fitly
