THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1979
Page 9
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'Study says alcohol reduces heart risk
Nutritious food found at fast-food bars
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byasheilc-«t HICAGO — A martini a day
10 push Tej k ee P t ^ ie doctor away and re-
■fce the risk of death from heart at-
four-year tac ^- Harvard University re-
! commissie seau hers say.
I? Teetotalers may argue virtue is on
their side, but tippling has the
endorsement of medical science,
d at (lie tt||searchers report that drinkers are
scy/litW.J Jess likely to die of heart attacks than
lent okai/j Jion-drinkers.
fxas' report appears in the Friday
■Erwin, ■mal of the American Medical As
sociation, released over the
' twe^kend along with an editorial
autioning that, with 17 million al-
olics in the nation, tippling is not
isable for everyone.
A Harvard Medical School re-
ch team, headed by Dr. Charles
Hennekens, reported alcohol
beer, wine or hard liquor —
aken in moderation — provides
rotection against heart attack.
JData indicate the lowered risk of
“wVnpwi coronar y death among light to
,. ii , ,!Hderate drinkers (2 oz. or less of
f './ Hcohol daily) is remarkably similar
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■ ,i tor beer, wine and liquor after ad-
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‘ n ose P jenl ul e.a h nl these types of bever-
trmer rep:-|gc/ the report said.
SOO-a-yearfill'Thus, it seems probable that a
lission in Jt protective effect in coronary disease
in was upi js actually due to alcohol itself rather
novel andfelhan any other substances found in
ons posh (each type of drink. "
in Freeport f But, they warned, “High alcohol
deity and ||
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intake has been shown to cause an
increase in fatal arrhythmias (ir
regularities of heartbeat.)”
The researchers studied 568 mar
ried men who died of heart disease
and an equal number of matched
control subjects.
Further study was needed, they
said, to determine how alcohol pro
tects against heart disease. They
urged further investigation of the ef
fects of alcohol on lipoprotiens —
substances which, depending on
density, can either guard against or
help induce coronary artery disease
that leads to heart attack.
They also called for more study of
personality types and their effect on
heart disease, noting a relaxed na
ture among moderate drinkers
could help spare them from heart
attack while “excessive drive” in
both heavy drinkers and non
drinkers may increase their heart at
tack risk.
An accompanying editorial by Dr.
W.F. Castilli of the National Heart
Institute was cautious with the
martini-a-day news.
“Zero intake of alcohol seems less
healthful than a moderate intake,
but higher intakes of alcohol are as
sociated with increased rates of all
the well-known problems that al
cohol produces from nutritional,
gastrointestinal, neurological, car
diological, hematologic, pulmonary,
electrolyte and cancer problems,”
he said.
United Press International
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— Nut
ritious meals and special diets can
be obtained in fast-food restaurants,
says dietitian Louise W. Hamilton.
She recommends broiled instead
of fried foods, fresh instead of can
ned fruits and going easy on
dressings at the salad bar or on low-
calorie platters. She also recom
mends staying away from creamed
or buttered vegetables and anything
that is oily, greasy or soggy.
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WASHINGTON — In a case with broad implica
tions for genetic research, the Supreme Court
Monday agreed to consider whether living things
may be patented.
The justices will hear arguments this term and
rule on an appeal by the government from a federal
patent appeals court decision that living organisms
may be brought under patent.
At issue is a ruling by the United States Court of
Customs and Patent Appeals approving patents in
two separate cases — one for bacteria that break
down oil into simpler substances, the other for a
micro-organism that produces an antibiotic.
The bacteria strain was developed by Ananda
Chakrabarty, who filed a patent application for the
General Electric Co. in 1972. The bacteria can.dis
solve oil spills by breaking down petroleum compo
nents into simpler substances which ultimately be
come food for aquatic life.
The Board of Appeals for the Patent and
Trademark Office ruled the bacteria do not occur in
nature, but was overturned by the patent appeals
court.
The second case was brought in 1974 when Mal
colm Bergy and two other scientists applied for a
patent for the Upjohn Co. on a new process to make
the antiobiotic lincomycin and for a patent for the
micro-organism itself.
The patent examiner allowed patents for the pro
cess, but denied a patent for the micro-organism.
Ruling the micro-organism unpatentable because
it is a living organism, the board relied on Congress’
intent in a 1930 plant patent act.
Congress would not have not acted to give spe
cific patent protection to certain kinds of artificially
produced plants if they were covered under general
patent laws, the board reasoned.
Over two dissents, the patent appeals court re
versed, holding that since patents are available for
processes using a strain of living bacteria, it could
not bar patents for a living bacterium itself.
At the request of the Supreme Court, the patent
court took a second look at the two cases and came
to the same conclusion, ruling patent law does not
distinguish between living and inanimate matter.
“In short, we think the fact that micro-organisms
are alive is a distinction without legal significance
and that they should be treated under (patent law)
no differently from chemical compounds,” the
majority held.
The government appealed to the Supreme Court,
urging it to resolve the issue because of “substantial
economic interests involved.
“Living things — whether naturally occurring,
isolated or genetically engineered — are “simply
outside the scope of the general patent laws,” the
government concluded.
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