European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday september 23, 1978 by Michael ,. Fpx of a flaps i modern Medicine of Les. Warrant physician s  heartburn also known As Prosis occurs when food and acids in the stomach Back up into the oesophagus the tube leading to the stomach and create a burning sensation that begins in the pit of the stomach travels up Ward and often terminates in a belch. Some people View heartburn with humor or if they Are afflicted with it resignation. Normally the feeling disappears after a few minutes or an hour. But heartburn if pro longed and frequent can be a serious Condi Tion that should be treated by a physician. And heartburn associated with exercise could be a heart problem not Mere heartburn. Hiatal hernia a protrusion of part of the stomach into the oesophagus was once consid ered the major cause of chronic heartburn. Yet it occurs with or without hiatal hernia and Many adults who have the hernia Don t have heartburn. Now physicians think the cause of trouble is the lower esophageal sphincter or opening birth control implant for men being developed Shrewsbury mass. Up a male birth control implant which causes Tempo Rary sterility without affecting sexual desire is being developed by scientists at the Worcester foundation for experimental Biol  the implant has not been tested on humans scientists at the 34-year-old Center where research yielded a birth control Pill for women in 1956, report the device has been successfully used in Laboratory animals. Or. Shiva Saksena a scientist working on the project Friday said the male contraceptive is made of a specially designed plastic tube about two centimetres Long. It is filled with three milligrams of the hormone Prosta gland in. Saksena said the steady slow release of the Prosta gland in from an open end in the tube Lias caused sterility for six months when placed in the scrotum of mice rates Ham sters and rabbits. However Saksena said the salient Point is there is no loss of sexual desire or  Saksena said the technique is very differ ent from other types of male birth control being studied because steroids used in other research have a Short life and cause negative Side effects such As enlargement of prostrate glands and a decreased sex drive. Prosta gland in seems to have no effect other than to cause mature sperm to break in half by apparently causing a higher than nor Mal temperature in the scrotum thus making the sperm incapable of fertilization he said. Data from two years of study indicates the hormone s Low dosage appears not to inhibit the amount of semen ejaculated or permanently affect the ability to produce healthy sperm Saksena said. Saksena said if modifications to make the tube a longer acting device Are successful hell seek Money from the Agency for International development and the National Institute of health before he begins implanting the tubes in monkeys. Only after studies on monkeys with the implants which will probably take about three years convince him the device is Safe and does not affect off Spring Saksena said will tests be done on men. Saksena said the development of a male contraceptive has been slow in coming be cause of social taboos. Men always thought the responsibility to be on the female whether to Bear or not to Bear the child. People weren t interested. Now they realize the significance Saksen Asaid. Bareback rider pinched on motorcycle Chicago a a 22-year-old Wright College student was arrested sitting naked on his motorcycle at a traffic Light. Jeff Pietrycha told police that he bet sever al friends $20 he could ride naked to a hot dog stand buy food and return. He almost made it. Several blocks from his goal a car pulled alongside As he waited for a traffic Light to change. Pietrycha nodded at the two occupants and chirped i  the Guys were patrolmen cruising the streets in an unmarked squad car. Pietrycha was charged with disorderly con duct. His friends paid his $35 Bond. Through which food passes As it enters the stomach. This Structure normally relaxes during swallowing and tightens when the stomach fills. When abdominal pressures against the sphincter cause food and gastric acid to Back into the oesophagus heartburn re sults. One treatment for heartburn is to give up such ingest Bles As alcohol carbonated Bever Ages chocolate caffeine fat and Gassy foods like Beans which lower the resistance of the sphincter. Mints the classic remedy for heartburn also relax the sphincter and help produce the problem they Are meant to re Lieve. Habits like belching chewing gum sucking on hard candies smoking bending Forward rapid eating overeating and lying Down after a meal also make heartburn Likely. Other fac tors that invite heartburn include wearing tight clothing or belts obesity and pregnancy. People who Are nervous and tense and who have ulcers or gastritis also tend to develop heartburn. Antacids liquids work better than tablets remain a primary treatment for heartburn. They were once thought Only to neutralize gastric acid but recent studies suggest that in addition to this function antacids help the sphincter at the end of the oesophagus resist the upward pressures of food and acids. The victim of heartburn should take ant acids about an hour after meals and at bed time or More often if heartburn symptoms persist. He or she should stand or sit upright and drink a liquid with the antacid. For those who Are afflicted with heartburn that wakes them at night or prevents sleeping one remedy is to elevate the head of the bed from 4 to 10inches. Persistent and troublesome heartburn should be treated by a physician who May prescribe a variety of drugs for the condition. One drug cimetidine is strikingly effective in the treatment of peptic ulcers and promises to relieve heartburn As Well. So far however the food and drug administration has approved cimetidine Only for Short term treat ment up to eight weeks of duodenal ulcer. It is a myth that milk always helps heart Burn. In some patients it has the opposite effect because it increases gastric acid Secre Tion and May diminish the esophageal sphincter s ability to resist the pressure of food and gastric acids. Heartburn in sum is a condition that needs a physician s care in its severe forms but that can normally be controlled like so Many other ailments by the Well informed individual. 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When i am eating out in Public i would like very much to be Able to clean my Teeth after the meal. Unfortunately there Are few private bathrooms and this creates a problem. I just can t bring myself to take my Teeth out at a Long Row of sinks and Wash them. I m sure this would be most unappetizing to the people around me and i would be embarrassed. How do other people handle this problem uppers dear uppers i am trying to come up with a plausible solution and it s not easy. I do know there Are pocket toothbrushes around that fold and take up very Little space. If you could carry a paper cup along fill it with water and go into a private stall you could clean your Teeth unobserved and solve the problem. I realize this sounds a bit Messy but i believe it s better than the alternative. Dear Ann Landers i am a boy who is 12 years of age. I did something my parents did t think was right and As punish ment they made me stay Home from a Ball game i was dying to see. The tickets were bought and everything. They took my Cousin instead of me. I decided they were terrible to treat me so bad and i started to pack my suitcase to run away. I finished packing and i thought maybe i should write a goodbye letter. I wanted my folks to know Why i was running away. I got to thinking about lots of things As i was writing and decided i ought to be very fair and apologize for a few things i had done that weren t right. After i started to write i thought of lots of things that needed apologizing for. I then be Gan to thank them for the Nice things they had done for me and there seemed to be an awful lot of them. By the time i finished writing the letter i unpacked my suit Case and Tore up what i wrote. I Hope All kids who think they want to run away from Home will sit Down and write a letter to their parents like i did and then they won t go. A Rotten kid dear kid you Don t sound rot ten to me. You sound great. I wish you were mine dear Ann Landers my wife was Laid up for 10 Days with a bad Back and i have been trying to take Over for her. I have Learned a lot especially Why some women never get their House work done. There Are two secrets to Good housekeeping 1 plan your work before you Start and Don t go on to a second Job until you finish the first. The woman who leaves the Kitchen in the Middle of the cleanup to go make a bed or straighten the Liv ing room is trouble. 2 Don t turn on the to. It will convert the Iron in your blood to Lead in the Fanny. Twice i got hooked on a to program i thought i d watch for a couple of minutes. I have a lot More respect for my wife s cooking and House keeping ability now that i be had this experience. Sign me Kinda sheepish dear sheep not a aaa Arad. Thanks for a real upper. C 1978 Field enterprises inc