European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 health & science news Bright lights May help beat Jet lag scientists find Way to reset body s internal clock Washington a Bright Light in measured doses apparently can reset the body s internal clock promising Relief for people who suffer from Jet leg or Ghl and Day Shif changes researchers say. Even nine forms of depression May be subject polight treatment resetting that biological Dock known � the Drain i circadian pacemaker the Boston scientists said in a recent edition of the journal science. The main investigator for the study. Or. Charles , director of the Neuron Donne Laboratory at Bingham and women s Hospital said some Day we May be Able to install Bright lights at factories. Then workers on routing shift could get therapeutic doses of Bright Light on the evening shift to reset their internal clocks in preparation for the next week rotation to the night Shin. Hit group s Mody although perhaps limited in conclusive  since it dealt with Only one per son provided new evidence of just what affects a per son s circadian pacemaker. That mechanism is located be cod the optic nerve at the front of the brain an synchronizes a person s system with its Many parts and with bit or her waking working and sleeping schedule. It has been widely believed that such synchronization is achieved by habit through years of getting Upin the morning and going to bed at night because most jobs and activities Are set up that Way. But the Authon said their study suggests that the body s pacemaker is reset daily by the Light conditions that happen to flow from such a schedule the Sun in he morning darkness a night and thai the timing can be changed drastically by changing the Light conditions. In the Experiment filed in the study a healthy 66 year old woman was housed at the Hospital in room with do outside night and Day indications. She had been Long accustomed to going to sleep around mid night and waking up at 6 a.m., with such physical manifestations As body temperature falling and then rising slightly As might be expected for such a nightly schedule. For one week she spent the hours from 8 . To Midnight in front of a Bank of wide spectrum fluorescent tamps with an intensity 48 times greater than Ordinary room Light or comparable to sunlight just after Dawn. Within two Days the study said the woman s temperature changes indicated her biological clock had been shifted six hours later even though she was still going to bed and rising at her usual times. That could be significant in showing an ability to quickly shift the timing of inc temperature changes Fiat generally accompany people s waking and sleep ing. It would t necessarily make them lir cd or energetic earlier or later but it could make the body s physical systems More receptive to the idea that a Dif Ferent bedtime or makeup schedule was now a Propri  authors acknowledged that appropriate Cau psychiatrist says urine testing could cause enormous damage Washington up a Yale professor of psychiatry said sunday urine testing is an atomic Bombin the War on drugs that could cause enormous dam age to the civilian population if it is not handled care fully by the government. Or. David Musto joined or. Ronald Dougherty medical director of the drug unit at the Benjamin Rush clinic in Syracuse n.y., and new York mayor Dekoch in calling for More Money for the drug War. Or. Carlton Turner. President Reagan s director of drug abuse policy indicated More Money is being con  four men appeared on lbs s face the nation a Day after president Reagan submitted a Unne Sample for testing to set an example for All Federal workers. Last week the president said Federal workers in Sens five positions should take drug tests. I would Call urine testing the atomic bomb in the War on drug because it is capable of causing enor Mous damage on the civilian population if it is applied without restraint without understanding without Pri Vacy without due process Musto said. Saying urine testing can be misleading and inaccurate. Muslo said massive testings must be i Hough through very carefully because As the Zeal rises and the  increased and the anger and the hatred of drugs increases urine Lesting May seem a weapon o wipe it out and that s a very dangerous situation for Ordinary citizens in the United  Dougherty Caid testing has to be viewed As an adjunct to an Overall  asked if he thought Reagan s approach will Sway drug users or persuade others not to Lake drugs Doug Herty said if he puts Money where his Mouth is. There s got to be Money behind that  asked about funding the administration s War on drugs Turner said the Effort requires education rather than Money but he added thai education Secretary Edward Bennett has asked for $100 million to Gener ate a system where we have drug free schools drug free  said the administration s approach to drug abuse is totally Sill because the person who issuing drugs is not going to Volunteer for testing. I believe that you have to make it mandatory As it re lates to police services fire services the pilots those people who have the lives of other people in their  called for More emphasis on drug interdiction and More use of the military such As the recent exer Cise in Bolivia to Slop the importation of drugs into inc United Stales you re not going to Stop the drug problem if you put All your Money on interdiction Turner said. Lion must be exercised in drawing conclusion based on data from an individual  and they called for More research. They said Bright Light has already been used by others in treatment of depression but they added thai there has been disagreement As to whether the treat ment worked because of any effect on the circadian pacemaker. Replication and adaptation of heir Experiment could shed Light on thai subject they said. An older woman was chosen for inc Boston study because she had a stable waking sleeping schedule and because the Lime her system was expected to be most susceptible Loughl manipulation came during waking Houn rather than in the Middle of the night As it might with younger people the report said. In studying the elderly we have uncovered a clue As to How the biological clocks of All people May be reset by Light cd Cister said in comments distributed by Brigham and women s Hospital we suspect the response to Bright Light May be even More robust in Young people bul we Wilt need further studies to explore the implications of our new  the elderly woman s temperature Cycle had drifted Back to its original pattern a Little Over a week after inc Light treatment was halted and she returned to her Home the study said. Czeisler was joined in the Sluda by colleagues Al the Hospital which is associated with Harvard medical school and by researchers Al Harvard University. Nicil Rait briefs data show caesarean still on increase in . New York not despite Elf res by medical authorities to curb deliveries by caesarean Section new Federal data show thai inc have continued to Rise prompting Calls for a renewed Campaign. In 1984, 21.1 percent of the nation s 3.7 Mil lion deliveries were by caesarean Section a More than fourfold increase since figures were first compiled in 1965, Bui according to a new study by two Chicago obstetricians the number of caesarean deliveries could be halved saving More than Sibil lion a year in Hospital costs alone. One reason experts Are concerned about unnecessary caesarean is the Small increase in risk to the Mother s life primarily As a result fanes Thusia. Another concern is the added expense especially at a time when health Bills Are soaring. The average Cost of caesarean delivery in 1952 and Early 1983, including Hospital and physician charges was 14,130, according to a report by the metropolitan life insurance co. This was More than 50 percent higher than the average Cost of vaginal deliveries said Margaret Mush ski author of the report. Doctor warns of aids epidemic among children Houston up the doctor who treated Bubble boy David says More than a dozen infant Sand p school children id Houston were a i cd As carrying the aids virus and he fears that num Ber could increase to epidemic proportions. Or William Shearer the chief of allergy and immunology at Texas children s Hospital who treated David or an ailment known As. Severe by 1 a Fotune deficiency syndrome said the aids virus has become the most common form of immune deficiency in children. What s emerged with adults is now happening to children Shearer told the Houston Post. Now its Mitin Houston we re seeing several cases. Hii could be an epidemic he added. Were1 children account for i percent or 234, of the nation s 23,307 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome according to figures from the centers for disease control in Atlanta. Houston has reported four pc Dimitric cases among its total of 684. Shearer said children contract aids at birth from a Parent carrying it or from transfusions of blood containing the virus. The biggest fear in the country and the world is that aids will Slop being a disease limited to the homosexual lifestyle he said. Should it spread Loire heterosexual population it la spread to the kids. The whole Community has to respond to these children. One reaction is to keep them in the Hospi Tal. Well that s no place to grow  Bubble boy David died in 1984 after under going a Bone marrow transplant that doctors hoped would stimulate is immune system. David spent All but a few Days of his 12 years in Siegle bubbles most at Texas children s Hospital. A woman whose 3-year-old son has the aids virus said the family is crazy with fear and will not Tell others of the boy s disease because of the hostile reaction it causes. One of the paediatric aids victims in Houston has died compared with 61 percent or 198, nation wide. Shearer said children begin showing some signs of infection within their first six months much faster than usually seen in adults. Some Are always sick and in and out of the hos Pital every few weeks he said. We re talking about serious illness Bona fide infection of the lungs serious rashes recurrent diarrhoea fevers Hal won t quit. It s relentless and you have nothing to offer them. Once you make the diagnosis what do you do there is no drug or