European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13 science focusing on living not longer a medical and social scientists at a conference on aging have concluded that elimination of major causes of such As cancer and cardio vascular is not Likely to extend the human life Span More than 12 scientists have already done so Well in extending the life Span that few Are still looking for ways to increase it said Leonard director of the Center for gerontological studies at the University of the researchers societies should concentrate on keeping their elderly Active and under Little stress As Long As Possi nurses and social scientists at tended the conference entitled realistic be stations for a Long life in statistics from the United nations show of 32 million people Over age 80 through put the world in nearly 60 percent were in developed said Walter beat professor of gerontology at Syracuse University school of social by the year he there will be 60 million people Over with about half living in developed forty years from there will be about 111 million Over with 60 percent in less developed he Beattie said the striking increase in the number of people Over 80 could be attributed to worldwide improvement in Hygiene and reduction in infant researchers debunked some myths at the including reports that some residents of Mountain villages in soviet Georgia live to 150 Many in these villages do live to be be tween 80 and but there Are such people the maximum human life Span is about 110 or said Djordje Kozarev director of the Institute of chronic disease and gerontology in there Are no dream what you have in Georgia is a highly selective group of people who either lived there All their lives or came Back after retirement to a favourable he Kozarevic also debunked reports that Yogurt diets extended life in the Mountain when hypertension was a leading it could be that eating Yogurt was healthier than eating now that diets have improved in Many stress has been found to be a Factor in premature in these where ciders Are highly re its possible to live with minimal he moderate drinking May protect study confirms new York up alcohol in moderation May protect against heart disease by increasing protein components in the but that Doest mean it should be part of the daily Stanford researchers the study of 24 nonsmoking men supports previous research indicating that two drinks a Day lessens the risk of a narrowing and clogging of the arte Carlos Camargo reported in the journal of the american medical but it should not be interpreted As a License to Start drinking or to continue drinking in a medical student at the University of California in san said in a Telephone its not meant to mean that just because two drinks is that 10 is he among other heavy drinking can increase the chances of heart attack in people prone to rapid according to the american heart the research was done by Carmargo and colleagues at Stanford University medical Center in Palo the most common form of hardening of the is a primary cause of heart attack and High Levels of molecules containing the protein components Apo lipoproteins Ai and Aii Are thought to reduce the likelihood of the protein components Are part of High density Lipo proteins believed to float in collect cholesterol that settles inside blood vessels and carry it to the where it can be disposed for six half the men in the Stanford study stopped their usual consumption of two or three drinks a their blood Levels of these protein components was measured before the after six weeks and again five weeks after they resumed their drinking the others followed the same regimen in after six weeks of abstention from amounts of the protective proteins in the blood had decreased a signify How cholesterol buildup leads to atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries atherosclerosis is a degenerative disease that Narrows or blocks blood vessels cholesterol is the main component of the Yellowish substance that can collect inside arteries like rust does in water pipes artery cholesterol artery lining cells the buildup begins when excess cholesterol collects beneath artery lining cells that have been damaged by smoking or High blood pressure platelets one of the body protective gather at damage site and form a Cap to isolate the plaque fatty Core of plaque combines to form blood clot Cap Breaks if Cap plaque can Combine with clot producing factors in blood to Block an artery to the causing a heart attack tothe causing a stroke or to a causing gangrene Chicago Tribune graphic sources american heart discover random House encyclopedia cant 10 said the the protein Levels returned to restudy Levels after drinking was the changes in Apo Ai and Apo Aii concentrations were directly correlated with the change in a subjects alcohol intake during the period of resumed the researchers the subjects were All moderate drinkers aged 30 to they said their exercise and except for alcohol did not change during the much More than about ounces of pure alcohol a Day can have a much different effect on blood Compo said the that alcohol is what might be in two or three with a Glass of wine or Beer having about As much alcohol As a shot of agriculture oks Vitamin e for Baco curing Washington up the agriculture As part of an ongoing Effort to eliminate cancer causing Nitroso mines in has Given meat processors permission to add Vitamin e to Baco cur ing firms can begin using the Vitamin to inhibit formation of nitrosamine As of a major thrust to reduce nitrosamine in Bacon occurred in 1978 when the agriculture department required meat firms to reduce sodium added to preserve from 200 parts per million to 120 parts per at that firms were told to add 550 parts per million of sodium Erst Horvate or sodium ask ornate to inhibit which Are formed when Bacon and other preserved meats Are cooked at High temper since officials have closely monitored Bacon production to keep nitrosamine Levels at Safe or nonexistent the department said the two existing inhibitors have been so officials decided to make Vitamin e use optional rather than alcohols effect on pregnancy studied Washington up heavy drinking during pregnancy is one drink a Day carries no apparent risk to the but what about expectant women whose alcohol consumption Falls somewhere in Between Are they doing their unborn offspring any harm scientists around the country Are in the midst of studies they Hope will provide the Issue is complicated because Many factors Are for Are the effects of having two drinks a Day different from Binge drinking on weekends and is there a particular time during pregnancy when drinking would be riskier How much does a woman which affects How quickly the body metabolizes influence alcohols effect on a fetus part of the problem is that women who drink do so Many other said Nancy assistant professor of epidemiology and paediatrics at the University of these include which is known to Lead to smaller and use of drugs such As Tranquili Zers and the effects of chronic alcoholism on a fetus have been Well about one in 10 women who drink heavily will give birth to an infant suffering fetal alcohol syn drome or some detectable problem attributable to according to Robert chairman of obstetrics and gynaecology at Wayne state University in fetal alcohol syndrome is a Constellation of abnormalities that May occur in infants of heavy drinking including mental facial deformities and liver and lung less dramatic effects such As hyperactivity or attention Defi Cit May appear after consumption of four drinks a according to some complicating the study of lesser effects is the question of How much genetic heredity or other factors Are from animal scientists have deduced that a drink a Day consisting of one four ounce Glass of one mixed drink containing an ounce and a half of hard liquor or one 12ounce Glass of Beer probably has Little or no effect on a i believe theres no measurable risk from having a single drink in 24 but i would not go beyond said Henry clinical professor of Psychia try at Boston University of Medicine and coauthor of alcohol and the fetus a clinical As for Binge Rosett there is no time during pregnancy when a High concentration of alcohol is you cant save it up and have seven drinks on a sat urday Sokol said he becomes especially concerned when women report they Are drink ing two or three times a week at any stage of i think that its Clear from the work that various people Are doing in animals that theres More than one period that critical in there is not one period where you can say its Safe to go ahead and said Stata professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the univer sity of at she scientists Are studying the effects of alcohol on the endocrine system of rats and molecular consequences of alcohol at the cell membrane Sokols group is doing studies about alcohol Levels in the body at the moment of Concep Day is coordinating a study that will investigate use of marijuana and other drugs at set times during pregnancy and after the big Deal is even if we discover theres nothing that Day the women have been very poorly advised and Many feel so for it is More important to try to reach the women for whom risk is known to be highest the heavy