European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes thursday february 20, 1992 More women than feared May have silicone leakage Bethesda my. Apr silicone gel breast implants May leak much More often than previously believed a government panel was told tuesday. The panel advising the food and drug administration has three Days to decide whether the implants now in the bodies of nearly a million american women arc Safe. A if we Are comfortable that we can give sound advice to women who already have these implants then and Only then can we consider continued use of these devices a Fra commissioner David Kessler told the advisory panel. Such advice wont be easy in coming. Women with Leaky implants sometimes have no symptoms routine mammograms would expose patients to relatively High doses of a rays and surgery carries its own risks. Or. Gordon c. Johnson the of Day a director of health affairs raised most of these Points with the committee and then ended his talk by wondering what ought to be said to the woman with implants but no symptoms of leakage such As inflammation or a change in the shape of the breast. A this is a difficult area in which final conclusion fight against fat scores victories Washington apr its easier than Ever to Cut the fat from your diet thanks to the Progress of food manufacturers and restaurants according to a report. But More work needs to be done to decrease the fat in school lunches and cuts of meat said the study of the Institute for science in society. The study was financed with a Grant from the Procter amp Gamble co. The group found a More than 5,600 reduced fat items Are on grocery shelves compared with 2,500 in 1986. A about 10 percent of the 10,300 new foods introduced in 1990 were reduced in fat or calories a 227 percent jump Over the 275 similar products in 1988. A fall facets of society some More than others appear to be committed to improving the diet of americans a said or. Edward n Brandt jr., head of the Institute and chairman of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. As part of the study the Institute issued a a report card on fat reduction activities using goals by the department of health and human services for improving eating habits by the year 2000. It gave an a a a to manufacturers for producing More reduced fat products than the government anticipated. Restaurants got a a a by because 78 percent Are now offering Low fat or Low calorie menu items. The school lunch program got a cd because the government has yet to require that school lunches meet the governments own dietary guidelines for reducing fat to no More than 30 percent of total calories with Only 10 percent in saturated fat. Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan has promised that by 1994 All school lunch personnel will be trained to prepare lower fat foods that children will eat. May not yet be possible a Johnson said. At the of Day a request manufacturers and surgeons have stopped using the implants until the safety Issue is settled. Lawsuits and consumer groups have alleged that gel leaking from the implants is responsible for a Host of health problems including cancer and damage to the body a immune system. The Agency said there have been no conclusive studies to demonstrate such links. Even in implants that do not break open silicone gel can a a bleed through the plastic coating that encloses the implant. A one of the things that concerns me most is that these implants May rupture leak or bleed More frequently that we had originally thought a Kessler said. He said no definite rupture rate has been established. Later Fra staff member Tom Callahan indicated it May be As High As 14 percent though the Industry a figures Are much lower. Much of tuesdays testimony dealt with technical information on the implants. On wednesday the panel was to hear from the manufacturers plastic surgeons and the  a new High tech wheelchair with Tan like treads crawl Down stairs in Sunnyvale calif., under the guidance o Daniel Petelin of quest technologies. The chair car negotiate stairs curbs and other obstacles that would topple conventional wheelchairs. A disabled Man what Rode the chair on a Mountaintop praised the robotic vehicle but advocates for the handicapped pointed of that not everybody can afford the $27,500 Price of Thi computerized chair. Students defy aids warning poll shows from wire reports Washington a magic Johnson a disclosure that he has the aids virus is not causing High school seniors to be More careful sexually according to a Survey. Educational communications inc. Said tuesday that it sent questionnaires to 3,000 seniors selected from nearly 2/6,000, All of them a a a and a a by students listed in who a who among american High school students which educational communications publishes. The Survey was conducted three weeks after Johnson a former basketball Star with the los Angeles lakers announced he has the human immunodeficiency virus. Of the 1,150 students who responded 21 percent said they were a a worried or a very worried about contracting the virus. In a similar Survey before Johnson a announcement the figure was 12 percent. About 28 percent of the youngsters said they had engaged in sexual Intercourse. Before and after Johnson s announcement 45 percent said they did not engage in sex without a condom. However in the latest Survey 42 percent of the sexually Active students said they would continue to have sex even if a condom were not available. A these alarming findings confirm our worst fears High school students see themselves As invincible a said Paul Krouse publisher of the student directory. In related developments a the Texas department of health will investigate the files of an aids Counselor who has counted an extraordinarily High number of his positive students at some Northeast Texas High schools. The Counselor Dona Spence works for the Texarkana based Ark Tex Council of governments. A a former Johns Hopkins Hospital doctor who was infected with aids from a patients blood hts died. Or. Hacib Aoun 36, a cardiologist died sunday at his Home in suburban Glen Arm my. He contracted the aids virus in february 1983 when a tube holding a blood specimen shattered cutting his Finger. His infection was diagnosed More than three years later and his contract was not renewed. The Venezuela native sued the Hospital in june 1987 provoking a Battle that ended in a confidential settlement in 1987. He left the Hospital and became an advocate Tor health care workers infected with aids  patient convicted of assault by spitting from wire reports Cincinnati a a judge ordered a 20-Day jail sentence for a Man convicted of assaulting two corrections officers and a nurse by spitting his aids infected blood and saliva on them during a scuffle. Steven of Banion 40, is to serve the sentence in the same jail where the incident occurred. Hamilton county common pleas judge Gilbert Bettman ordered of Banion to begin serving the sentence feb. 28 after defense attorney Catherine Adams asked for time to file an  pleads guilty Boston a a former Shawmut Bank executive pleaded guilty tuesday to embezzling More than $2.5 million. Peter j. Regan of Andover Shawmut s senior vice president in charge of special loan services was accused of embezzling the Money Between november 1987 and july 1991, . Attorney Wayne a. Both said. Regan admitted to diverting Bank loan payments into fictitious accounts in Banks in Boston new Hampshire Florida and  remarks costly Keokuk Iowa a Gary Stewart should never have talked to that reporter. Stewart of Dallas City 111., called in sick to his Boss at Tellex Morse last sept. 27 but that afternoon drove to Burlington to watch his sister compete in a High school track meet. After his sister won a Cross country event the proud brother spent some time bragging to a reporter. Stewart s Boss saw the remarks in print and fired him. Stewart filed a complaint with the Iowa employment Appeal Board saying he went to Burlington to get medication and stopped at the track meet to see if his sister had a ride Home. The Board sided with the company  Veteran Dies Albuquerque . Or. Merrick Smith identified by the department of veterans affairs As the nations oldest Veteran has died at age 106. Smith died late saturday at the Albuquerque a medical centers nursing Home care unit said Ron Lopez a spokesman for the a Here. Smith worked for the Panama canal co. From 1915 to 1918, when he joined the . Army. He served 18 months As an army physician in Panama during world War . Polk dead at 80 fort Bliss Texas a . Army Gen. James Hilliard Polk 80, considered the last senior commander to have served in the horse cavalry died tuesday at William Beaumont army medical Center. During world War ii Polk commanded the 3rd Cav. Known As a task Force Polk a the regiment was frequently cited for its aggressive action. Other assignments included that of commander of the . Army Europe 7th army and natos Central army group. He commanded v corps before taking Over As Usa eur commander on june 1, 1967. He kept that Post until May 20, 1971. Polk retired from the army in 1971.Coffee drinking declines fifty one percent of americans Over age 10 drink Contee according to a 1991 Survey by the National Cottee association of .a. Cottee drinkers consume on average about 31/ cups per Day. These numbers represent a decline Over the years from the height of Coffee drinking in 1962, when almost 75 percent of the population drank Coffee averaging More than four cups per Day. Nowadays two thirds of Coffee drinkers use an electric drip machine with a filter