European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 23, 1993 , ,. Quot the stars and stripes 2 cups of Coffee a Day found done to to raise risk of miscarriage a is a by Jamie Talan Mcgill University Iri Canada compared Page 0 by Jamie Talan new Day if those Long tiring Days of pregnancy Aren t hard enough doctors May soon be issuing stricter warnings against that last vestige of Pep caffeine. Gone Are the glasses of wine and cigarettes. And the latest study published in the journal of the american medical association provides convincing support that even two cups of Coffee a Day a or the equivalent found in cola Tea and chocolate a increase the Odds of a miscarriage. Other studies have linked caffeine to growth retardation in human and animal fetuses. A. A a a this is an exposure we can control a said Brenda Eskenazi associate professor of maternal and child health and epidemiology at the University of California at Berkeley. A there is enough evidence to say that women should take in As Little caffeine As they  it i Here is enough evidence to say that women should take in As Little caffeine As they can associate professor Brenda Eskenazi Eskenazi who wrote an accompanying editorial in the journal added that a doctors have to walk the delicate line Between besieging pregnant women with warnings and protecting the  despite recommendations made a decade ago by the Washington  american College of obstetricians and gynaecologists that pregnant women should Cut Down on caffeine 90 percent of women drink Coffee and Tea during pregnancy Eskenazi said. In the latest study researchers at Mcgill University in Canada compared caffeine consumption in 331 women who miscarried in the first five months of pregnancy and 993 women who delivered. They found that women who drank a cup and a half of caffeine filled beverages or a comparable amount in chocolate had twice the risk of miscarriage As women who did t. There was a threefold increase in women who took in 300 milligrams of caffeine or three cups of Coffee a Day. Quot its scary a said or. Claire Infante Rivard the Lead investigator in the study. A caffeine is not the Only risk Factor for fetal loss but we want to reduce the Odds. We have not identified a Safe level yet so our advice is Stop  the study is Likely to stir controversy. Last year another study by Federal researchers found no risk but Berkeley s Eskenazi said the earlier report did not study enough women to assess accurately the risk of caffeine in triggering fetal  labels on alcohol bottles Aren t very memorable study Chicago apr a new study suggests warnings on alcoholic beverage Bot ties and at stores May not be enough to get the word out on the dangers of drinking during pregnancy. Only 28,3 percent of the women surveyed were Able to recall details from warnings on alcoholic beverage containers. Only 9 percent could recall information about risks on signs in liquor stores researchers said. Participating in the study were 748 women Ages 18 to 45 living in Illinois in 1990. The study s authors reported their findings in the december Issue of the archives of family Medicine. Of those surveyed 32 were pregnant one fifth of whom drank alcohol. Of the nonpregnant women 58.8 percent drank said the researchers led by Mark e. Bar rett of the department of social work and psychology at the National University of Singapore. Nearly three times As Many pregnant women a 22 percent a could recall pregnancy risk signs at liquor stores As could nonpregnant women a 8.3 percent the researchers said. About 25 percent of both pregnant and nonpregnant women could recall the warnings on Bev. Rage bottles researchers said. The researchers did not suggest abandoning warning labels but rather augmenting them. A other measures a for example television commercials and lectures a should be implemented concurrently to educate women particularly those of childbearing age about the dangers of alcohol use a they wrote. Women who consume alcohol during pregnancy increase their risk of having babies with fetal alcohol syndrome which can cause physical deformities delayed growth delayed development and even Long lasting brain damage. Or. John g. Gianopoulos director of the maternal and fetal Medicine division at Loyola University medical Center in Maywood said monday that he had not seen the study but its results made sense. A a in a not sure they do the volume of Good that people who require them think they do a he said of warning labels. A but even if they protect one baby from fetal alcohol syndrome they be done their  the labels and warning signs were required by Federal Law beginning in november 1989. State allows alternative to Lead removal Boston up a Massachusetts on tuesday became the first state to approve an alternative to the expensive process of removing Lead paint from Homes to protect Young children. Under the new rules contractors will be Able to offer a cheaper procedure in which the Lead paint is a encapsulated a or coated rather than removed. State Public health Council officials said such sealants Are expected to be on the Market by this Spring and could save the average Homeowner or landlord up to 25 percent of the Cost of protecting children from Lead poisoning. Lead paint if eaten by children can cause severe brain damage and learning delays. Health officials said about 4 million preschoolers a year May suffer Lead Levels High enough to cause problems. Mouthwash May raise breath alcohol Levels by Robert Cooke new Day anyone hoping a Quick swig of mouthwash will disguise a Bell Ful of booze a and thus escape being caught in a breathalyzer test a is Likely to be disappointed doctors warned tuesday. If anything they said mouthwash a when taken immediately before a Drunken driving test a May make the results worse because some jowl cleansing fluids contain Large slugs of alcohol themselves. One has More than 25 percent Ethyl alcohol. Based on a Small study involving five men and five women researchers at the University of Alabama in Birmingham concluded that a mouthwash is unlikely to change the results if it is taken several minutes or More before the Drunken driving test since the alcohol in mouthwashes generally disappears quickly after being garbled and spit out. But if a mouthwash is used directly before a breathalyzer test the Drivers alcohol level May Register far higher than the Legal limit a briefly. Within minutes mouthwash alcohol disappears and the measured breath alcohol value again reads True. To a we found that listerine and scope will it your breath alcohol i6vcls Way Over the Cal limit immediately following their use a said psychiatrist Jack g. Model. But six minutes after using listerine a the breath alcohol level Falls below the Legal limit. It took Only four minutes after  the research team a a Model or. Jasmine p. Taylor and statistician Jeanette a Lee a wrote in the journal of the american medical association that they ran the study because a we occasionally hear the Alibi that a it Wasny to the alcohol i drank that made me blow a positive breath alcohol test for the police it was the mouthwash 1 had just used a a we wanted to see if that excuse would be credible under any circumstances a Model said. And a from a practical Point of View you wont get into any trouble by using a mouthwash and  in their Survey of 12 National brands of mouthwash bought at a local supermarket they found that alcohol Content ranges from Zero Choice to 6 percent lavoris18.9 percent scope and 26.9 percent listerine. Sembach s 3�?ofor-f one $15 ticket includes car ribbon fast Island music tropical food jumbo stick at the Community activities Center Rock a bowl a adj Quot godfather cold Buffet dancing free breakfast at Tiger town lanes Beach party Buffalo Stampede performing live three djs free breakfast at the Sembach a ranks club i496-75x8 or 4967685 Sembach reach