European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                B the stars and stripes Friday january 3, 1992 balloon insert found better than drugs for Chest Relief Boston apr a new study provides the first solid evidence that inserting a tiny balloon to open up clogged heart arteries works better than Medicine in relieving Chest pain. The study in thursdays new England journal of Medicine found that the widely used technique called angioplasty provides quicker and More Complete Relief. However the study docs not resolve the question of whether drugs or angioplasty should be the first line tool for relieving angina in people with uncomplicated heart disease. Some doctors believe that people with Chest pain should be routinely started on common heart drugs such As Beta blockers or Calcium Channel blockers and angioplasty or bypass surgery should be used Only when this conservative approach fails others maintain that for Many people immediate angioplasty makes sense because it can quickly provide Complete Relief from pain and eliminate the need to take medicines that May have unpleasant Side effects. Angioplasty costs about $5,000 to $7,000, compared with about $1,000 a year for treatment with Medicine and it carries a Small risk of serious complications or death. If someone wants Early Relief and a greater likelihood of Complete Relief then angioplasty is the preferable procedure Quot said or. Alfred f. Parisi of Brown University. A if someone says they can live with this or wants to try Medicine then Medicine is a valid  Parisi was co director of the study conducted on 212 men at eight veterans affairs hospitals around the country. All had a single clogged heart artery and they Felt Chest pain when they exerted themselves. The doctors found that angioplasty relieved angina in 64 percent while Medicine alone worked Well in 46 percent. Of the 100 who got angioplasty is two required emergency coronary bypass operations because of complications during the procedure. One death occurred. More than 200,000 americans undergo angioplasty annually. During the procedure doctors thread a balloon on the end of a tube into the clogged artery and inflate the balloon briefly. When it works blood flow is restored. But in about a third of the cases the artery quickly clogs up again. 23 million americans suffer from migraines study finds Washington up a migraine headaches afflict More than 23 million americans and Are More prevalent among Low income persons and those Between 35 and 40 years old researchers said tuesday. Based on a scientific Survey of 20,468 persons in the United states researchers estimated that 18 million women and 5.6 million men experience severe migraines. Migraines were 60 percent More prevalent among persons with incomes below $10,000 a year compared with those earning More than $45,000 annually. A diet stress and other factors associated with Low income May precipitate migraine attacks a said the researchers. A alternatively Access to Good health care May decrease the duration of the illness and therefore the prevalence among higher income  the researchers findings were published in the journal of the american medical association. The researchers also said migraines could cause incomes to drop. A headache related disability May seriously disrupt function at work or school and difficulty on the Job a May exacerbate the migraine condition creating a downward spiral Quot they said. Migraines Are caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. They Are painful and often disabling headaches in which blood vessels tighten up and swell. Throbbing pain on Only one Side of the head and unusual sensitive diet stress and other factors associated with Low income May precipitate migraine  headache researchers to to environmental factors such As Light noise or smells Are some of the symptoms. A this finding debunks the popularly held belief that the migraine is an ailment of the Rich a said study coauthor Walter Stewart of the Johns Hopkins school of Public health in Baltimore. However the findings confirmed that More women than men suffer from the condition. Quot hormonal factors May play a role in the sex differences we found but they Are not Likely to be the Only factors Quot said or. Richard Lipton a neurologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in new York and co author of the study. A the sex difference peaks at the age of menopause but even after age 65, women still get migraines two and a half times More often than  two antacids boost alcohol effect Washington up a two of the most widely prescribed stomach medications increase the absorption of alcohol making it possible for a person to be legally drunk after less than two glasses of wine researchers said tuesday. The researchers said doctors should warn patients of the interaction because it is possible to become impaired after drinking relatively Small amounts of alcoholic beverages. One of the antacid drugs. Santac or Ranit Idine is the most commonly prescribed Medicine in the world and the third most common in the United states. The other antacid studied tagamets or cimetidine also is in wide use. Both drugs Block the production of acid in the stomach making them effective treatments for persons suffering ulcers and other stomach disorders. They also appear to Block the action of an enzyme that normally Breaks Down some of the alcohol consumed in a beverage thus making More of the alcohol available for ingestion into the bloodstream. Researchers at the Bronx veterans affairs medical Center and mount Sinai school of Medicine both in new York studied what happened to 20 healthy social drinking men aged 24 to 46 when they were treated with either medication and consumed alcoholic beverages equivalent to a a glasses of Beer wine or hard liquor. Quot our study revealed that Santac and tagamets. Lead to substantial increases in blood alcohol Levels after consumption of an amount of alcohol that corresponds to common social drinking a the researchers said in a study published in the journal of the american medical association. Some of the men taking Santac or tagamets had blood alcohol Levels exceeding the Legal limit for drunk driving after consuming alcohol. A the blood level achieved does interfere with functioning such As driving or operating machinery a said or. Charles Lieber Leader of the study. A the medical profession should make people aware of this when they prescribe these medications Quot Lieber said he was especially concerned that patients might not realize that the same amount of alcohol that previously would not make them drunk could impair them now if they were taking these  has its first elected Black mayor from wire reports Memphis Tenn. A Willie Yerenton took office As the first elected Black mayor of Memphis and urged an end to the City a stubborn racial divisions. A it is truly a new beginning for Memphis a he said at his inauguration wednesday. Yerenton 51, the City a former superintendent of schools won by 142 votes out of almost 250,000 cast in october. The vote split closely along racial lines. Fifty five percent of the City a a10,000 residents Are Black. Yerenton Defeated two term mayor Richard Hackett. Before Hackett a first term a Black City Council chairman served briefly As interim mayor.2 miners killed in Cave in Griffith Creek Tenn. A a Cave in killed two Coal miners and injured a third. Wayne Keener and Greg Worley were among a dozen workers in the mine when the ceiling collapsed wednesday said sheriff Ernest has Kew. Their bodies were recovered five hours later. Another Man was treated for a shoulder injury. The cause of the Cave to was under investigation by the . Mine safety and health administration. The mine is owned by Tennessee consolidated Coal co. But is leased by mine operator Hollis Rogers. Stockbroker funds sought Orleans  a Cape cod stockbroker was being sought along with about $1.5 million in missing client funds. Orleans police issued an arrest warrant tuesday for Claude locket 32, who has not been seen since dec. 11. Authorities said a truck rented by locket was found last week at the John f. Kennedy International Airport in new York leading them to suspect he May have fled the country. At least 15 investors lost Money police said. Investigators said locket persuaded several Long time clients to Cash in their investments in stocks and Mutual funds and Transfer the Money to him to buy Treasury Bonds. Three elderly investors told police they alone gave locket $ 1 million to  White Monument hit Indianapolis a hit and run Driver shattered a Wall Monument dedicated to the memory of aids victim Ryan White but police done to believe the damage was deliberate. A 5-foot Section of the Brick Wall Monument was damaged monday evening. No arrests had been made by wednesday. On april 3, 1990, president Bush dedicated an Elm tree at the spot to Honor White who died five Days later. White was a Haemophilia a who contracted acquired immune deficiency syndrome from a  chosen a juror Indianapolis John d. Tinder is making the switch from judge to juror during a cocaine Possession  a . District judge in Indianapolis was selected monday in Marion Superior court. Quot i gave judge tinder every Chance to disqualify himself and even observed that he had a heavy Calendar and a lot of his own work to do Quot said judge pro Tern David e. Cook who a presiding Over the Case. A the said his workload was kind of slow Over the holidays and it was not a bar to his jury service. And the lawyers picked him.�?�. Population up 2% Washington the United states rang in the new year with 2.7 million More people than it had a year ago pushing the population to 253.6 million the census Bureau said tuesday. The Bureau s projection shows a 2 percent increase Over the 1990 census count of 248.7 million americans two years ago. The figure does not include . Citizens or their dependents serving abroad with the military or the government