European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday november 19,1990fatigue syndrome test May be near Washington up people stricken by the mysterious chronic fatigue syndrome apparently have an immune system abnormality that could Lead to a blood test to help diagnose the a Yuppie flu a a researcher reported sunday. Victims apparently have chronically elevated Levels of certain disease fighting cells which could help doctors understand the disorder and identify patients better said or. Jay Levy a professor of Medicine and a leading aids researcher at the University of California san Francisco. Levy and his colleagues compared the immune systems of 120 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome to nearly 80 others who were healthy or had other diseases. Chronic fatigue syndrome which has been called various names including the a Yuppie flu a is a baffling disorder in which victims develop a variety of debilitating symptoms most notably severe Long lasting fatigue. Patients immune systems appear to have chronically elevated Levels of one Type of White blood cell called cd8 killer t cells Levy said in a presentation at a conference sponsored by the chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome association in Charlotte . Levy hypothesized the disorder results from some Type of infection perhaps by a new Type of virus which stimulates the immune system cells. Those cells in turn produce infection fighting substances known As cytokines such As interferon and tumor necrosis Factor which Are known to produce symptoms found in chronic fatigue patients he said. While such activation is Normal when someone is infected with a cold or flu virus the reaction usually subsides relatively soon. In fatigue patients however Thenn loses bid to broadcast Noriega tapes Washington apr the supreme court refused by a 7-2 vote sunday to give Cable news network permission to broadcast recordings of Gen. Manuel Noriega a Telephone conversations with his lawyers. The court rejected an emergency request by can that was aimed at lifting a Federal judges order forbidding the broadcasts until he could determine what the tapes disclose. The emergency request had called the order by . District judge William Hoeveler in Miami an unconstitutional a prior restraint of free speech. But Only two justices a Thurgood Marshall and Sandra pay of Connor a agreed with that assessment. Voting against can were chief Justice William h. Rehnquist and justices Byron r. White Harry a. Blackmun John Paul Stevens Antonin Scalia Anthony m. Kennedy and David h. Souter. The courts majority turned Down the can emergency request along with a formal Appeal filed by the Cable network in a one sentence order. In a dissenting opinion for himself and of Connor Marshall said a this Case is of extraordinary consequence for Freedom of the  he added a your precedence makes unmistakably Clear that any prior restraint of expression comes to this court bearing a heavy presumption against its constitutional Validity and that the proponent of this drastic remedy carries a heavy Burden of showing justification for its imposition a i do not see How the prior restraint imposed in this Case can be reconciled with these teachings a even More fundamentally if the lower courts in this Case Are Correct in their remarkable conclusion that publication can be automatically restrained pending application of the demanding test established by a 1976 decision then i think it is imperative that we re examine the premises and operation of that decision a the 1976 ruling severely limited the Power of judges to impose such restraints. Quot we can t sweep this thing under the Rug. It deserves serious study. There s something going  a or. Walter Gunn activation seems to continue for years he said. A because of the immune profile of these patients we believe there has been an infection by some agent though this agent May no longer be in the body. Or it May be so hidden it cannot As yet be identified a he said. Scientists Are still Uncertain of the identity of the infectious agent or Why the victims immune systems apparently malfunction. Some people May be genetically prone Levy said. Several viruses have been implicated in the disorder including the Epstein Barr virus and a relative of the aids virus known As Htlv-1. But the evidence has been inconclusive. Levy and his colleagues failed to find consistent evidence of several known viruses in their patients he said. The condition has been difficult to diagnose and differentiate from other similar disorders. Combined with checking symptoms testing for the elevated cd8 t cells could help doctors better identify patients he said. A this is a Way to distinguish those with fatigue from those with an immune reaction that causes chronic fatigue a said Levy who proposed renaming the diva a chronic immune activation syndrome a or n a l e on the findings. Uasi based or. Walter Gunn of the Federal centers for Dise control in Atlanta said such a test would be a Val Nahf tool though he was unfamiliar with Levy a findings it a if there were a diagnostic test for cos that Wnm a be wonderful a he said. A a it a very difficult and Verv i pensive to diagnose.�?�. Y Gunn meanwhile reported preliminary results from the governments first attempt to accurately determine How common the disease is in the United states. Since september 1989, Gunn and his colleagues have been investigating All reported cases of the disorder in Atlanta Reno Nev. Grand rapids Mich. And Wichita Kan. The investigators received reports of 362 cases and conducted exhaustive investigations into 147 0f the patients. The investigation included physical and is vol logical examinations. A the researchers have found that More than 25 per cent of the patients fit the cd cd a strict definition of the condition which was surprisingly High Gunn said. The findings also should help eliminate lingering suspicions that the disorder May be psychiatric in nature he said the investigators eliminated anyone who had a history of mental problems and found the patients were much less Likely to experience depression than patients with similarly debilitating diseases he said. A a it a hard to write it off As a mental illness and its becoming harder All the time a Gunn said. A we can to sweep this thing under the Rug. It deserves serious study there a something going  virulent Art Only a computer can turn a Bug into Art. This computer generated Model of a herpes virus is one Sample of pcs holography on display at Chicago a museum of Sci ence and Industry. 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