European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 13, 1992  the stabs and stripes a Page 7researchers Point out risk of using family blood donors from wire reports san Francisco a blood donated by family and friends is More Likely to carry hepatitis and some other diseases than is blood from Anonymous donors a government study says. That does no to necessarily mean the risk to recipients of blood from family and friends is higher because most of the infected donations Are Likely to be identified by Standard screening tests and discarded the study a author said wednesday. The study however does undercut the widely held belief that so called a directed donations from family or friends Are safer said the investigator Alan e. Williams of the american red crosses National Laboratory in Rockville my. A there is no evidence. That individuals can select safer donors than the blood Bank which is experienced in doing that a Williams said in an interview at the annual meeting of the american association of blood Banks where the findings were reported. The study financed by the National institutes of health is the first Large scale examination of the safety of directed donations Williams said. It involved examination of the records of 1,099,341 donations by 699,702 donors in los Angeles Oklahoma City Detroit san Francisco and the Baltimore Washington area. One screening test showed that 2.6 percent of donations from friends and family were infected with hepatitis a compared with 1.8 percent of blood Bank donations Williams  cuts stroke risk Boston a a study of male veterans has produced new evidence that an old and controversial drug appears highly effective in preventing strokes among elderly people with a common heart disorder scientists said wednesday. The research involving 525 older men with a condition called atrial fibrillation found that daily doses of the drug warfarin could reduce the stroke risk by 79 percent said a team led by or. Michael Ezekowitz of Yale University and the department of veterans affairs medical Center in West Haven Conn. It is the fourth study in four years to find that warfarin can reduce the rate of strokes among people with atrial fibrillation a a disorder that causes a malfunction in the upper Chambers of the heart and thus a tendency to form blood clots that can Migrate to the brain where they can cause strokes. In the previous three studies warfarin reduced the stroke risk from 67 percent to 89 percent. Researchers halted All four studies Early after warfarin s effectiveness became apparent. A fifth trial by Canadian researchers was halted after the findings of the others became known. On the basis of All the studies Ezekowitz recommended that doctors use warfarin routinely to prevent strokes in people with the heart disorder. His report appeared in the new England journal of Medicine. Despite its usefulness in preventing blood clots doctors have been reluctant to prescribe the drug because of concern that warfarin could cause Haemorrhaging. But the researchers involved in the latest study said they were Able to limit Side effects by carefully controlling the  blamed for cancer Chicago a the environmental group Greenpeace wednesday blamed chlorine based pesticides and other pollutants for rising breast cancer rates around the world. Or. Samuel Epstein who wrote an introduction to the Greenpeace study said there is growing evidence that environmental contaminants Are a leading cause of breast cancer and accused the medical establishment of ignoring this Factor. A in spite of decades of research and millions of dollars spent the breast cancer establishment remains myopic ally fixated on obsolete a blame the victims theories of breast cancer causation while ignoring growing evidence of the role of environmental contaminants a said Epstein a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. Clinton transition Pace expected to pick up Little Rock Ark. A president elect Clinton predicts his White House transition Pace will accelerate after he selects deputies to begin what sources say will he an Agency by Agency review of executive Branch operations. Clinton was scheduled to hold his first postelection news conference thursday to announce the Hierarchy of his transition team. The president elect met into the night wednesday with vice president elect a1 Gore and a few other transition aides As they put finishing touches on the transitions organization. A i think it will pick up now at a fairly breathtaking Pace in the week on in a Clinton said of his transition. Linton who has been Reading a a volumes to prepare for his takeover previously has provided scant details of How his transition would work. But aides said he planned the Agency by Agency approach under which policy a Cluster groups will be named. Those groups will study agencies under their topic recommend any structural changes and make personnel recommendations. Campaign policy advisers will fill Many of these roles aides said. One senior aide said a operational Heads will be named for the Cluster groups and run a teams that actually go into the Agency and do a task  Quot they will be asking people a what do you do what a your Job what was your legislative Agenda a a said this aide who like the others quoted Here spoke Only on condition of anonymity. Results of each teams departmental review will be ready to hand to a Cabinet Secretary once Clinton makes the appointment the aide said. Cabinet appointments Are not Likely for at least a few weeks. Most of Clinton a personnel decisions were kept under tight wraps in Advance of thursdays announcement. But democratic sources said at least three top Campaign strategists a Mark Scaran George Stopha Nopoulos and David Wilhelm a were told wednesday that they would be named top deputies to transition director Warren Christopher. The sources also said Alexis Herman Deputy chairwoman of the democratic National committee would be named to a senior transition Post and charged with studying the executive Branch. Meet the first pet elect at move Over Millie Here comes socks the pet cat of Chelsea Clinton daughter of the president elect. Can cameraman Jonathan Schaer holds up the wide eyed Kitty for its first official meeting with the Media outside the governors mansion in Little Rock Arlu the first cat to be a Only comment on wednesday  socks and the rest of the Clinton move into the White House on Jan. 20. 3 accused of abusing kids in Church Chelsea Mich up a three men from a Rural Baptist Church including an associate pastor and a Deacon Are suspected of sexually abusing As Many As 22 children in their care police said. The three men Are suspected of having committed a variety of crimes ranging from fondling to raping children. Police alleged that the children some As Young As 3, were abused at the North Sharon Baptist Church on property near Church buildings in a nearby cemetery on a Church bus and in a House. After the assaults some of the victims were warned they would be Hurt if they told their parents investigators said wednesday. Some of the children were lured into attending sunday school through a practice common in Many evangelical churches. Adults offered them Small gifts and prizes such As Candy cookies or baseball cards to keep attending and to bring friends. Warrants have been issued charging the Rev. Timothy Lee Leonard an associate pastor at the Church and Mark Foeller a Church Deacon and Volunteer bus Driver with assaulting three girls and five boys ranging in age from 3 to 10. Charges also Are expected against a member of the congregation Jackson county sheriff Hank Zavislak said. A a it a especially bad when allegations of molestation involve people in such special positions a Zavislak said. A these individuals will face a far greater judge in the end a and from that judge there will be no  Foeller 38, was expected to be arraigned thursday on one first degree and four second degree criminal sexual assault charges involving five children. He was jailed in lieu of $75,000 Bond. Leonard was in Pennsylvania for his fathers funeral his attorney said. He is expected to be arraigned tuesday on four first degree counts and three second degree counts of criminal sexual conduct. The investigation began in August when a doctor examined one of the children discovered a disease that probably resulted from abuse and urged parents to Contact police Zavislak said. Police said they expect More accusations could follow. A once the news is out parents begin to talk to their children and ultimately More and More information comes to Light a Zavislak said