European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Some people Don t know when to quit a Jogger chugs past a pair of Bench Sitters along Germany s main River. Too much exercise con make you sick by Matt Harvey the associated press exercise is Good for you but too much of a Good thing can make you sick. Most americans need t worry because studies show As Many As half Don t exercise at ail. But for an undetermined but Small percentage of those who do exercise develops into an unhealthy obsession of 3 . Runs and three hour binges on step climbing machines. Fitness experts say this compulsion can have wide ranging effects from interfering with family and Job to transforming athletes into easy prey for illness or injury. It also can be part of the Cycle of eating disorders. Quot exercise in reasonable limits is an excellent thing Quot said Rachel Yeater director of the exercise physiology program at West Virginia University. Quot but exercise is Ike anything else you can overdo it at any  obsessive exercisers Quot can t function normally because they have this great compulsion to exercise Quot she said Quot if you re exercising eight hours a Day you re not going to have time to be doing other things. Quot i Don t think there Are very Many people who Are bothered with it. But it s a very major problem for those who have  the effects of compulsive exercise like those under its grip come in All shapes and sizes. In top athletes it most frequently shows up As Over training. Cuy Hornsby an exercise physiologist at West Virginia said swimmers runners or bikers attain initial Success by training endlessly As youths. Less frequent More specific training is the Best Way to improve once a certain Peak is reached he said. But some people Don t see it that Way. Blame that on society s notion that extra hours of work always translate into greater productivity Hornsby said. A certain amount of exercise can enhance the immune system. But if you 90 too far you can suppress it a Randy Bryner exercise physiologist Quot for example if a person begins a fitness program then enters a local Road race and is Able to run 6.2 Miles under 50 minutes they think Well now i m running 20 Miles a week. If i run 100 Miles a week t should be Able to get that Down to under 30 minutes Quot he said. That kind of logic Seldom results in the Best possible results Hornsby said. Such heavy training also leaves athletes open to health risks. David Nieman professor of health and exercise science at appalachian state University studied the effects of the 1987 los Angeles Marathon on 2,311 runners. According to Nieman these runners most who pushed their hearts to High Levels throughout the 26.2-Miie race were six times More Likely to get colds or sore throats the week after the race the study indicated the heavy exertion affected a key reaction that keeps the immune system Strong. In subsequent research involving walkers Nieman said his studies indicated exercise at a lower intensity below 70 percent maximum heart rate had the opposite effect. Quot it s an interesting phenomenon because a certain amount of exercise can enhance the immune system. But if you go too far you can suppress it Quot said Randy Bryner another exercise physiologist at West Virginia. Compulsive exercise can have even More devastating effects. One woman worried about becoming obese like her Mother would Wake up at3 . Daily and run for two hours before work Nieman said. Now she has a problem that s every bit As serious As obesity she s in her mid-30s, but her excessive running created imbalances in her body that have transformed her Bones to those of a 67-year-old, he said. Compulsive exercisers May need counselling to break their Cycle the experts say. Those exercising just to stay fit Are urged to follow these parameters keep the heart rate elevated but not above 70 percent of maximum in 20 to 40-minute sessions three or four times a  shorts. A a e therapy for deadly Strep physicians at children a Hospital and medical Center in Seattle say they May have stumbled upon an effective therapy against a severe infection that has gained International infamy As Quot the flesh eating  an uncommon but exceptionally virulent form of the bacteria that causes Strep Throat a form that can devour flesh and even kill. Is increasing worldwide and has been described As a Quot superbug Quot impervious to treatment. But physicians and researchers at children s Hospital after launching a last ditch Effort to protect four severely infected children against disfigurement or death say the new use of an old therapy May hold some Promise against Strep. Quot my gut sense is we re on to something Quot said or. William Clarke an intensive care doctor at children s. That Quot something Quot is to treat those infected by severely invasive group a streptococcus with pressurized oxygen therapy in a hyperbaric chamber. The oxygen chamber is perhaps Best known for treating scuba divers suffering from the  goats for drugs a Cambridge mass., firm says it is developing the first pharmaceutical farm in the United states to Breed genetically modified goats for the commercial production of drugs. Enzyme transgenic corp. Says the 166-acre farm in the Massachusetts towns of Charlton and Spencer will House and Breed up to 1,000 goats that have been modified to produce human proteins in their milk. Jim Geraghty a enzyme a president and ceo says the proteins have potential uses in producing drugs for treating disorders including cystic fibrosis multiple sclerosis certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Geraghty Calls the farm a Milestone because it Quot moves transgenic technology from research into  he says the company anticipates that production of recombinant proteins using transgenic technology will be substantially less expensive than traditional methods of protein  scientists if it were a movie it would probably be called nerds the ultimate revenge. A a new study spanning nearly 70 years suggests that All else being equal scientists live longer than non scientists. The anachronistic image of socially impaired slide Rule toting chess masters has plagued legions of scientists but their tendency to be piss gregarious than others May give them the last laugh says Howard Friedman a researcher from the University of California Riverside Quot the findings do Bode Weli for attracting the brightest scholars into science a says the Harvard educated psychologist. Quot we done to have scientific proof yet but what this study May mean i3 that scientists have Tess  until now sociability has been naturally associated with Long and healthy lives. Quot there has been a great Deal of speculation and some evidence to predict that sociable people should live longer Quot Friedman says. Quot and at first it looked like that would be the outcome Here. Happily for scientists we found just the  a from wire reports tuesday june 14, 1994 the stars and stripes 15