European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday july 3, 1986 the stars and stripes Paga a Mimm he by ii he a Ohhi he Chi huh Mph whih lib High i i ibb in annl similarities in opium tobacco found report cites Stunm no parallels in addictive Powers tobacco shows stunning Para Lulu to a time addiction including then a for increase Roin users to take up their old Boston a tobacco shows stunning parallels Wilh opium in its Power to addict its users and keep them hooked according to a Harvard report. Bolh substances create Strong physical dependence the report notes and users of both Suiter withdrawal symptoms when they try to kick the habit and they often fail to give it up for Good. In he Jarger scheme of things in terms of the Burden of ill health and premature diseases in this country heroin use is dwarfed by the smoking prob Lem. There s no comparison whatsoever said or. Jay a. Wins Len of the Harvard school of Public health. Winston is Dirac Sorof he school s Center for health communications. The addictive substance in tobacco is nicotine while opium is the source of heroin. Or. Jack Henning Field of the National Institute of drug abuse who reviewed the Harvard report said the comparison is fair and reasonable. They arc quite similar he said noting that scientists Only recently discovered that smoking withdrawal is a real physiologically based Scoll Stapf assistant to the president of he tobacco Institute an Industry lobbying organization said Henningfield ignored addiction standards set by the Institute t Defin d of ing . Henningfield is in the forefront of a political Campaign against smoking he said. This is a Case of politics carrying Over into science. It is simply an Florl to make smokers feel Don l feel that nicotine is addictive anywhere along the lines they Are the Harvard report did not involve new research. Instead ii is based on a review of earlier studies on the addictive properties of opium and tobacco former . Surgeon general Julius Richmond head of the Harvard Center s advisory Board said the report was intended to highlight the habit forming potential of Don t quite comprehend the fact that Tobac co is a situating in the same sense that other habitat ing substances cause dependency he said. I Ihrk they think the hazards of cigarettes Are relatively ick and they can kick the habit More readily. This suggests that it in t that report says the evidence is overwhelming that nicotine whether in the form of cigarettes snuff or chewing tobacco is a powerful habit forming drug that leads to compulsive noted that sex smokers Are As Likely As former he medical briefs drinking linked to risk of breast cancer in Wom a Pittsburgh a women who take More than one alcoholic drink a Day at a j lung age run up to a 70 percent higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who Don t drink researchers have found. The increased risk appeared to he evident Only for women who had at least one drink a Day under age 30, according to Elizabeth Harvey an epidemiologist at the National cancer Institute in Bethesda my. So far studies have linked heavy alcohol consumption especially when combined Wilh smoking to can cer of the Mouth Larynx Throat oesophagus and liver according to John Lubera of the american cancer society. Most men still resistant to having a Good cry u re Ana Iii. A the majority of men still feel in s not right to cry and often it the men under the most stress who arc most resistant to shedding tears iwo University of Illinois sociologists say. Educated highly paid professional men Are More like la to approve of crying but they often Don i have much to or about said Catherine Boss who teaches social aspects of mental health. Well educated men Wilh Good jobs Are More Likely to express emotions but less Likely to be sad rom said. That s Why few men cry. Working class men. Often under greater economic of sadness. Very traditional men would t cry. Cd victims told to keep hands away from eyes san Alffio up victims of venereal diseases lion s annual Meelin i. Join users to take up their old habit. Indeed the report continued Many parallels can be drawn Between tobacco and opium which Are stunning and should Alert us to the reality of the the similarities cited Between the two sub stances both produce Strung withdrawal symptoms. Those of opium products include rapid heartbeat Runny nose sweating fever insomnia and diarrhoea while tobacco s include craving for tobacco irritability restlessness drowsiness and intestinal up sols. Opium symptoms go away within seven to 10 Days White those of tobacco May linger for several weeks. Users of both develop a tolerance and must use increasing amounts to satisfy their needs. Like heroin users. 70 percent of smokers who successfully give up the habit relapse in the first thra1 months and 75 percent do so by the end of the firs year. Both drugs alter mood. After each puff of a cigarette a burst of nicotine reaches the Central nervous system that induces feelings of satisfaction. There arc substitutes for both kinds of addiction nicotine chewing gum for smokers and Mel Hadon for heroin users. 2 Zaire stores in Chicago to offer medical dental care Chicago a starting nest month two inner City Zaire stores will ofter medical dental and podia Trie services along Wilh their usual Range of goods. We Are excited. This is a new concept in health care delivery said Zaire stores president Malcolm Sherman. This is an aggressive move to better serve our City service is a joint venture of mount Sinai Hospi Tal medical Center and Zaire corp. Of Framm Gham mass Sharaian said other Zaire stores could follow suit if the doctors offices called family health Concre prove successful in the two West Side stores. The centers will be open during Zaire i Normal shopping hour mondays through saturdays and will be suited with mount Sinai doctors and nurses Sher Man new medical centers will allow Busy customers a Chance to shop and Lake care of routine medical needs without leaving the store he said. Shoppers will be Able 10 get checkups immunizations and regular preventive care with or without appointments said Ruth m. Rothstein. Chief executive officer of mount Sinai the two stores arc located near mount Sinai which serves mostly hispanic and Black patient populations including Many Large families Wilh children she said the health care centers will male it possible for us to reinstate the neighbourhood doctor for our inner City neighbors said Rothstein. And we Are both committed to providing value for City Consumers Hii panics Blacks Blue Collar Public Aid. Medicare and commercially free immunizations for schoolchildren will be provided Sherman said. Role Stein said that the idea is new and untested but that the Hospital has always taken risks. We have to be on the cutting Edge to slay viable that we can continue to serve our inner City balloons instead of surgery open clogged heart valves ranging to Quick destruction of the Eye. Boston upi1 a new technique that use bal loons to open dogged heart valves can now be used to treat the thousands of people Wilh blocked valve who Are unable to undergo surgery doctors say. Researches said monday the method called balloon Valvolo pasty could help Between 20,000 and 30,000 patients who Are too pick or old to undergo surgery which is currently the Standard treatment. The technique involves inserting a Small balloon at the end of a tube through an artery until it reaches the diseased valve where in is inflated 10 open the passage Way compared Wilh surgery the procedure requires about one half the Hospital stay and can be done at about one third the Cost. In does t make in the valve u Good As new but it certainly makes in functional again for a time or. William Grossman of Beta Israel Hospital said m a Telephone interview. The procedure is initially being recommended Only for patients who cannot undergo surgery. But Grossman said in could eventually be used instead of surgery for some patients. A variety of diseases can cause valves in the heart to become muck shut by scarring or Calcium buildups. Blocked valves can Lead to congestive heart failure and death. About 20,000 patients suffering from heart valve disease in the United slates each year undergo open heart surgery in which a valve from a pig s heart or an artificial Metal valve replace the diseased valve. For Many patients however their Ages or medical problems make surgery a risky if they do not receive treatment the patients usually die within two years. So far the new technique has been used on 34 patients Grossman said. Thirty one patients left the hos Pital improved. Three patients died for the patients who seem to be doing Well Grossman said doctors were Uncertain How Long it would be before the technique would have to be repeated. The technique is similar to balloon angioplasty which is used to treat clogged arteries. Doctors initially feared the procedure would cause pieces of Calcium to break off and cause strokes. But no such problems occurred Grossman said
