European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday january 26,1990 it s not How Forf but where you Are fat Boston a having a big pot belly is bad for cholesterol and this could explain Why. When it comes to body shapes pears Are belter than apples according to a study published thursday. When patients come in. We advise them to lose  said or. Richard e. Oslund or. This paper suggests that More important than that is How the fat is  researchers have Long noticed thai folks with big spare tires tend to have an especially High risk of heart trouble but the reason was unclear. Oslund s study in new England journal of Medicine suggests thai people with Beefy hips and trim waists have higher Levels of a protective form of cholesterol called Hal than do those with potbellied and Small be Hinds. The study of healthy elderly people conducted at Washington University school of Medicine found that body shape alone could account for a Large por Tion of the differences in people s Hal cholesterol Levels. This May have tremendous importance to the average american because we All tend to bulge out in this  said or. William Castilli director of the Long running Framingham heart study in sub Urban Boston.  High density Lipo Polcin is the so called Good cholesterol. The More people have in their blood the lower their chances of heart attacks. Women typically have higher Hal lev Els than men. As they grow older women also tend to put on weight around the hips while men Are More prone to growing big tummies. Doctors have Long suspected that differences in sex hormones might explain the Hal disparity Between men and women. However the new study suggests that body shape not sex could be the key Factor. It found that Pear shaped men tend to have High Hal. While Apple shaped women have lower Hal. It s not How fat you arc it s where the fat s located said Ostlund. The fat around your hips the Good fat that women have is predominantly subcutaneous fat. But the fat you have in your belly is Infra Abdom Mal fat. The differ inc is where the blood Supply of those two areas  Tummy fat surrounds the intestines and its blood Supply drains directly to the liver he said. The liver is sensitive to things that fat cells put out. The metabolism of the liver May be changed because of the Intra abdominal  including the liver s production of Hal. The blood from hip fat which is just underneath the skin does not Drain directly to the liver and so has less Impact on the Way it works he said. The study was conducted on 77 men and 69 women All in their 70s. To measure whether they were apples or pears the Csc Archon calculated the ratio of their Waist to hip circumference. They found that 32 percent of the variation in their Hal Levels could be explained by differences in this ratio. The Bottom line for the Middle aged and elderly is Don t let that spare tire get you around the Waist said Castilli. Get out and exercise and  however Ostlund said dieting is a hard Way to tackle the problem since fat patterns May be established at birth. It s very hard to change your Waist to hip ratio Ostlund said. You can do it if you lose a massive amount of weight but losing 10 to 20 pounds does t change it very much problems fewer for Black teens who had abortions study says by the Washington Post inner City teen agers who have abortions do better in school arc better off economically and arc no More Likely to have emotional problems than similar teen agers who have children Accord ing to a study published wednesday by researchers at Johns Hopkins univer sity in Baltimore. The study of 360 Black women from the City indicates that two years after their abortions the Young women who had chosen to terminate an unwanted pregnancy were doing As Well As and usually Bill or than those who had had a baby or who had not been  according to Laurie Schwab Zabin who did the study with Marilyn Hirsh and Mark Emerson of the department of population dynamics at the Johns Hopkins school of Hygiene and Public health. The investigators focused on Blacks because they wanted the Young women in the study to be As similar As possible. All the women were 17 years old or younger and from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The study is the latest contribution to the debate Over whether women who have abortions arc emotionally harmed by the experience. Some researchers believe that women who have abortions suffer severe and often delayed emotional reactions. Last january. Then surgeon general c. Everett Koop decided that he could not Issue a Long awaited report on the Impact of abortions because the Avail Able scientific evidence about psycho logical effects in particular simply cannot support either the preconceived beliefs of those pro life or those pro  the Johns Hopkins study attempted to find out if there were any negative consequences associated with abortion. The researchers recruited Young women when they came to one of two clinics in Baltimore for pregnancy tests. The women were divided into groups that had an abortion had a child or were not pregnant. All the women were followed for two years. When measured by Levels of stress anxiety and feel Ings of self esteem those in the abortion group were no different from those in the child bearing group. The researchers found that both the abortion group and child bearing group were equally Likely to be pleased with their decisions a year later. The economic status of those who had abortions did not deteriorate the Way it did in the child bearing group according to the study. The researchers also found that More of the women in the abortion group graduated from High school or advanced in their cd supreme court abortion decisions Roe v. Wade in 1973. Court ruled unconstitutional a Texas Law Banning abortion except to save the Mother s Hie. The ruling held that an abortion was up to the woman and her doctor in the first trimester could be reasonably regulated by the slate in the second trimester and could be prohibited except to save the woman s life or health. In the third trimester. Dos v. Bolton in 1973, court ruled unconstitutional a Georgia Law requiring that abortions be done in hospitals approved by a Hospital committee and other doctors and be limited Only to stale residents. Planned parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth in 1976. The court ruled unconstitutional a Missouri Law requiring parental or spousal consent. Maher v. Roe in 1977. The court upheld a Connecticut Law limiting medicaid funding to medically necessary abortions. Harris v. Mcrae in 19bo, the court ruled in favor of the Hyde amendment which prohibited Federal funding of abortions under the medicaid program except to save the Mother s life. . V. Matheson in 1981, the court upheld a Utah Law requiring a doctor to try to notify the parents of a dependent minor seeking an abortion. Planned parenthood of Kansas City mo., v. Ashcroft in 1983, the court ruled unconstitutional part of a Missouri Law requiring that abortions alter 12 weeks of pregnancy must be done in hospitals. City of Akron v. Akron Center for reproductive health in 1983, the court ruled unconstitutional an Akron ordinance requiring a 24-hour waiting period and parental or judicial consent for unmarried minors under 15. Thornburgh v. American College of obstetricians & gynaecologists in 1986. The court ruled unconstitutional parts of a Pennsylvania Law requiring that women seeking abortions be Given lengthy detailed information about abortion alternatives and fetal development and that the Public be informed of abortions performed. The Law also failed to provide for medical emergencies in the third trimester. Webster v. Reproductive health services on july 3, 1989, the court gave states new Power to limit the right to an abortion when it allowed Missouri to restrict use of Public funds medical personnel or facilities for abortions. Chicago Tribune graphic source National abortion Federal on cations compared with the Young women who had children or who tested negative for pregnancy. Another finding of the study was that the women who had abortions were More Likely to use birth control and avoided another pregnancy. The study published wednesday in the journal family planning perspectives was criticized by anti abortion groups As being biased. We see it As pro abortion advocates promoting their Public policy Agenda said Richard d. Glasow education director of the National right to life committee. Stateside paralysed Rock guitarist Allen Collins Dies at 37 Jacksonville Fla. A Allen Collins who lost fellow members of the Rock group Lynyrd sky nerd in a 1977 plane crash and was paralysed four years ago in a Drunken driving Accident died tuesday of pneumonia. Collins 37, suffered respiratory failure said Karen Bowling spokeswoman for memorial medical Center. He had been hospitalized since september she said. Collins entered the Hospital with pneumonia symptoms and was in a coma the last few Days longtime Friend Ann Thompson said. Collins began his Rise to Success As the lightning Fin gered guitarist for the Jacksonville band formed in 1966 by a group of High school students. The band enjoyed National Fame in the 1970s with such hits As free  Gimme three Steps and Sweet Home  in 1977, Lead Singer Ronnie Van Zant guitarist St Vic Gaines and games sister cassic gains were killed in a plane crash. Collins and other band Mem Bers were severely injured. Two years later Collins Gary Rossington Bill pow Ell and Leon Wilkeson All founding members of Lynyrd sky nerd joined with Barry Harwood and Dale Krantz to form the Rossington Collins band. The group split in 1982, and Collins formed the Allen col Lins band. Funeral arrangements were pending. Thompson said the family planned a private service. Black activist s Appeal for clemency denied Baton Rouge la. A gov. Buddy to cmdr on wednesday rejected a recommendation of clemency for Gary Tyler a Black activist who claims he was framed for the murder of a White student during desegregation violence in 1974. Tyler s Long fight for Freedom has been supported by amnesty International and other groups. Tyler 31, is serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole. On dec. 14. The Pardon Board voted to reduce his sentence to 60 years making him eligible for parole in five years. The Board s three Black Mem Bers voted for clemency the two Whites against. I do not concur with the recommendation of the Pardon Board and i deny clemency and a reduction of sentence to cmdr said in a Brief statement wednes Day. Tyler s Case has been supported by marches and rallies. Petitions bearing 12,000 signatures were presented to the Pardon Board. The British reggae band ub40 recorded a song about Tyler and he was described by the soviet communist party newspaper pravda in 1978 As a political prisoner