European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. January 13. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 health & science news morning deadliest time for heart attacks Dallas us l Sulden  heart quack soccer meal frequently in he morning with the most danger Ous hour beginning Al 10 ., a Slu ily released by the american heart association indicated. The study of 2.20j heart attack victims to died Wilt a an hour of the first signs of distress in 1983 found the greatest number 31 percent. Were struck Between 6  And noun. In i lie most deadly hour from id to 11 ., 6 percent died.  study related sunday found thai fewest Sud Den cardiac deaths occurred Al night. In the quietest hour from 4 to s ., just 2 percent died. The fact that people Are More Likely to die suddenly in the morning leads to the question. What is going on at that time olday " Suid or. Stefan n. Willich part of the Harvard medical school team that published its findings in circulation a journal published by the american heart association. It s Noi Clear yet which arc the major and which Are the minor factors contributing to sudden cardiac death said or. Jam e. Muller director of the study. Other studies of non Enlal heart attacks and strokes have produced lit same general results thai they most frequently occur in the morning the journal no cd. There arc several possible explanations for the remarkable similarity Between the Arcadian rhythms of sudden cardiac death and non fatal myocardial Infarct  researchers wrote. Blood pressure is highest in morning and research ers said it is possible that such pressure could loosen fatty deposits inside blood vessels thus triggering a heart attack. Increased electrical activity in the hear and blood platelets sticking together More easily in the morning also May be contributing factors researchers said. All of these factors could Combine to produce in environment in which sudden cardiac death or Mother cardiovascular disorder occurs in a circulatory system weakened by hardening of the arteries the physicians concluded. Device claims it can help parents select baby s sex by he Cox its Servic Atlanta As Home diagnostic tests proliferate. So do products fun car lain , called gender Choice and currently wiling in local drugstores for $48.99, claims it can help parents select heir infant s sex. For that Price the customer gets a Choice of plastic Bones Pink Orbic. Inns motions. A Guidebook to ovulation Blank charts a package of bathroom tissue and 100 Plas tic Tempa Dot  manufacturer proc arc industries Ltd. Of Englewood colo., advertises its accuracy rate As up to 80 percent for girl babies and "85 percent for  we have not seen data that substantiate the performance of the product says Bill Damascus director of compliance operations for the . Food and drug  i Nistra lion. He says that by failing to submit the information procure has violated Fra regulations that require All new medical devices to be reviewed for safety and Efficacy. Damascus said the Fra has notified the company of the violation but he declined to say whether any other action would be taken because the ease is an open investigative  the Fra could order the kits recalled or limit the company s claims in advertising the product. Monica Crandall the products manager for procure says he kits Are based on a compilation of medical studies. A bibliography of the company s medical sources dates Back to 1868. Its most re cent reference is a 2-year-old Book by Hazel Phillips and Tessa Hilton called girl or boy your Chance to  the basis for the Kil is that scientists be Lieve sperm which would produce a female has More staying Power than sperm pro Ducine males according to the instruction kit. The Ole process depends on timing Intercourse so thai it favors either the More vulnerable male producing sperm or the hardier female producing sperm. Timing is governed by a technique cited in a 1980 Book tilled the Billing method controlling Fertility without drugs or  the Billings method has been used successfully to determine when a woman is most Likely to ovulate but medical authorities say there is no scientific evidence that the timing of inter course influences the sex of the child. Or. Richard Dickey founder of in Fertility Institute of new Orleans says he has inspected the gender choke kits. He says they contain instructions on the timing positions and outcome of sexual Intercourse a thermometer and helpful  the instructions in the female kit in clude the statement if a woman nor Mally has orgasm she should refrain. Female orgasm causes an alkaline Sec Region to be released into the cervix which is favourable to mate sperm  a proc arc operator answering he company s consumer Call in number reaffirms the claim with the advice it i recommended if you re trying for a girl that the woman not experience  that s without scientific basis say sir. Harry Jonas president of the american College of obstetrician and gynaecologists. I be lived Long enough in obstetrics to have seen tests that claim to diagnose whether you la have a boy or girl by Chew ing on Wax spitting into a Jar and measuring the hormone Levels in saliva. They readout As accurate As flipping a  he Sayi he obstetrics group plans to review the Kil and its recommendations and develop a Public policy on it during a january meeting in Washington. A corporate statement says he company already has revenues of si.7 million in 19s6 and a $1.2 million backlog of orders for a variety of products including gender  parents resist second transplant Nicole Hohowsky a liver transplant patient sits to a Hospital bed in Johannesburg South Africa awaiting a decision on a second transplant. Us. Surgeon or. Ronald Btu Pittil is urging Nicole s parents to of a new on lion for the girl who 1 rejecting liver which Bui Uril transplanted last Ycu. Her parents say they Don t want id subject her id another transplant. Protective packaging called hindrance to elderly a Kalamazoo Mich. A packaging that puts More emphasis on product Protection than ease of opening � causing � growing food and drug crisis among elderly and handicapped people a research team says. Increased use of tamper resistant and childproof containers has been a Burden on people who Don t have the strength or dexterity to open them said Brian avers an Industrial engineering professor at Western Michigan University. There was a Lime when packaging people consid ered Cue of opening As pan of the package them selves he said. We be gradually moved away from that. Elderly and handicapped Peot Are being denied use of products that we accept As pan of our daily lives he said. The 1982 cyanide deaths of seven Chicago area a i dents who look extra strength tylenol capsules and numerous other tampering episodes have resulted in a Strong emphasis on tamper resistant packaging said Barbara rider a Western Michigan professor of occupational therapy. Rider Aversand other Western Michigan professor recently studied 212 people with various handicaps and found that 87 percent were unable to open 12 different types of packages she said. The packages included press and turn Caps and dial topped containers she said. Similar difficulties were encountered by elderly peo ple who sometimes lacked the strength to open child proof containers she said. Alters said even food and other products have be come More difficult to open. You can manage to gel Al a package of wrapped cheese but we re talking Aboul the handicapped and elderly who blk the strength and manual dexterity he said. They re denied use of products that we accept As a part of our daily  the Western Michigan team plans to work with Michigan state University s packaging department to design a Range of packages thai is accessible to the elderly and handicapped she said. The proprietary association which represents about 80 Over the counter drug companies acknowledges that child resistant packages Are indeed difficult for the elderly to open said association spokeswoman Mary Simons but she said most products come in alternative packages with simpler Caps there is difficulty with child resistant but simpler packages Are available if people know to look for them she said. While child resistant products Are supposed to be hard to open Tampe resistant packages Are designed to lip off Consumers if an attempt has been made to open the package she said. We weren t necessarily very Good at it when Tam per resistant first came in she said. But technology is improving to make it easier to get