European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. November 20. 1980 the stars and stripes Page 9 Mem Babi a him ii hmm Mhz i i Himi i i him Hub a Mph he Iii ii fish Oil Scales Down heart attack risk slows cholesterol deposits researcher says Dallas a fish Oil has been shown for he fim time to slow the formation of arterial deposits thai Are a leading cause of heart attacks and strokes a re searcher said tuesday. Researchers have known thai fish Oil can Tower lev Els of cholesterol and other harmful substances in the blood and inhibit blood clotting and they have theorized that it could prevent hardening of the it is the first time that it has been demonstrated mid Harry Davit of the University of Chicago. But at a news conference tuesday he and other researchers cautioned against taking Llie fish Oil Cap Sules thai Are increasingly being promoted by drug companies As a supplement. They said it would be belter to eat fish in place of fatty foods. Davis reported at the annual meeting of the Ameri can heart association that 16 Rhesus monkeys fed dim High in fish Oil developed far fewer arterial depos its or plaques than eight monkeys fed a diet High i Coconut Oil a saturated Tal known to cause hardening of the arteries. Monkeys fed the Coconut Oil diet had larger and More severe deposits of plaque and the plaque was found to contain More inflammatory cells that can damage the artery Wall and enhance he formation of the deposits Davis said. He Taid the reasons Why fish Oil had that effect Are not known. It Lowers blood cholesterol Levels an effect which it believed to be beneficial. It also has various effects on artery Walls the liver and the spleen bul researchers do not know which of Hose Are beneficial he said. John Parks of the Bowman Gray school of medi Cine of Wake Forest University in Winslon Salem n.c., reported that in similar studies with african Green monkeys the fish Oil seemed to keep cholesterol in a liquid form rather than a Semi solid form in in bloodstream perhaps making it easier for the body to get rid of the offending cholesterol. Davis said his studies and other research suggest that fish Oil May be beneficial when substituted for other saturated fab such As those found in meal. But he said no studies show a beneficial effect of adding fish Oil such As in capsules to a typical Ameri can diet that already is High in calories cholesterol and saturated fat. Our recommendation would be to replace the Satu rated fat in your diet with fish he said. Popping a couple of fish Oil capsules is not going to solve what the problem is said Edwin Birman 01 the they won t fall out a photo a permanent tools implant screwed into the Mouth of a patient is displayed at the Mayo clinic in Rochr Minn. The denture implant newly available in the United steles was developed in Sweden. University of Washington he also advised substituting fish for meat in some meals As the american heart association has advocated for some Lime. Birman has found that fish Oil actually can be harmful in some patients with disorders thai make them unable to properly process Fau. A number of such patients had higher cholesterol Levels after taking fish Oil than they had before he said. Roger Illingworth of the Oregon health science University in Portland said the amount of the Benefi Cial Omcga-3 fatty acids from fish Oil varies widely in commercial fish Oil capsules. And he said All of the commercially available fish Oil capsules also contain cholesterol. Omefta-3 fatty acids Are most common in deep sea fish including Salmon Mackerel tuna and menhaden Birman said. But he said studies have shown that people who eat a diet High in other kinds Offish also have lower risks of heart disease even though they Are not consuming High Levels of the protective fatty acids considerably More research will be required to sort out the beneficial effects of eating fish he said. Sov of Hospital claims fasting cures alcoholism Moscow us l a Moscow Hospital claims Success in curing alcoholism wild a new treatment failing. A special department set up at alcoholism treatment Hospital no. 17 in Moscow has cured hundreds of patients the newspaper Lacni Skoye in amen said monday. Those patterns who have firmly decided to Over come i hair addiction to the bottle and abide by the prescribed anti drink diet practically do not suffer relapses the newspaper said. The diet includes nothing but water for at least a week and sometimes two plus lots of exercise All under a doctor s care. The patients can go to work but afterwards they go Back to the Hospital where they sleep the paper said the unpleasant feelings caused by falling pass after a few Days when the person adapts to the new situation. Improbable As it May seem Many patients not Only retain capacity for work bul also feel a sort of Energy splash it said. This is Why the doctors offer them special set of Active physical exercise As part of the cure alcoholism is rampant in the soviet Union and the Kremlin launched an Ami alcohol Campaign two years ago when Mikhail Gorbachev came to Power. Sales of hard liquor plummeted 38 percent in the first nine months of this year and the production of soft drink jumped 37 percent most would t want to pick child s sex poll finds ,.m in a. Lum Miili to choose the thus increase of the chances the baby Manv Otoole want their first born Ncnew York. A if americans could choose the sex of babies boys would Edge out girls among those willing to choose but most people would refuse the Choice according to a Media Gener Al associated press foil Overall the poll of 1,464 adult Ameri cans found Strong resistance to choosing the sex of babies a Choice now possible of advances in test lube Fertil a lion. When asked if you were Able to choose the sex of a Chad would you choose a boy or a girl 27 percent of the he said Fey would choose a boy 1 6 percent said a girl and 57 percent had no preference or were unsure. About 30 percent of the men and one owie ror the women wanted boys. Only 12pment of the men would choose Gutin so with 20percentof the women. Respondents were also asked if you were Given the Opportunity to the sex of your child would you take the Opportunity to do so or not when the ques Tion was phrased that Way 72 percent said they would not do it 21 percent said they would and 7 percent were unsure. About half the respondents thought the whole idea of choosing the sex of babies was wrong while three in id liked the idea and two in 10 weren t sure. In january what was apparently the first sex selected test tube baby Waskom in Louisiana. The boy Justin Spencer was the product of in Viltro fertilization in which eggs were extracted from a woman s ovaries fertilized with Aman s sperm in the Laboratory and implanted in the woman s womb. This test tube fertilization is done when the Cou ple cannot conceive by natural meant. In Justin s Case doctors used a tech Nique that allowed them to collect sperm with predominantly male chromosomes thu increasing Chance would be a boy. Doctors say the tech Nique is about 70 percent effective. If it was t going to complicate things i walled a boy said Phyllis Spencer the baby s Mother. There Are More girls in the family and we definitely wanted a boy you know to Canyon the to the Media general a poll 13 per cent of the respondents who preferred boys to girls echoed Spencer s feelings about carrying on the family name while16 percent said they preferred boys be cause they already bad girls. Twenty eight percent said they preferred Boyi because they understand or like them belter. Fifteen percent said boys were easier to raise a reason also cited by 18 percent of those who wanted girls. Among those who preferred girls 31 percent said they liked girls better and 25 percent said they already had boys. Many people Obe boys. One third of the respondents who had no children said they would choose boys while Only one Quarter of those who had children would make thatch ice. But Overall most people seemed uncomfortable with the idea of choosing the sex of babies. Among those who though it was a bad idea 38 percent audit was wrong or unnatural 26 percent said it violated religious beliefs or was immoral and 10 percent said it would take the mystery out of childbirth. Seven percent said the practice could Lead to too Many children of the same majority of those who said it was a Good idea Aid they liked it because it allowed parents to get the children they in the Media general associated press poll included a random scientific sampling of 1,464 adult across the country sept. S-17
