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BOSTON — A drug
approved approved in January
can help reduce the need for
surgery among hundreds of
thousands of patients suffering
a form of chest pain that can
precede heart attacks, a study
said.
The drug, nifedipine, can
ease attacks of angina, a chest
pain caused by clogging of
coronary arteries and resulting
restriction of blood flow to the
heart muscle. An estimated 2
million Americans have angina.
A study at the Johns Hopkins
Medical School, published in the
New England Journal of Medi
cine, said nifedipine added to
conventional treatment was
more effective than convention
al therapy among patients suf
fering unstable angina.
Symptoms of unstable angina
include pain during rest, a sud
den worsening of pain in a pa
tient whose angina was thought
to be stable, and prolonged pain.
Any of the three may be a sig
nal of impending heart attack
and, less often, sudden death.
The Johns Hopkins study
concentrated on angina at rest.
“Our study demonstrated
that in addition to conventional
therapy, nifedipine resulted in a
decrease in the number of pa
tients who required surgery,
and for those who had to under
go surgery, there was a longer
time during which patients were
stabilized on medicine...before
surgery was needed,” Dr. Gary
Gerstenblith, who headed the
study, said.
“Probably between 400,000
and 600,000 patients every year
with unstable angina would be
nefit from this treatment,” he
said. “This is a very safe and
effective addition to our medical
treatment of this serious dis
ease.”
Most angina patients are tre
ated with nitrates such as nitrog
lycerin to relax blood vessels and
allow them to dilate, increasing
blood flow to the heart. A class
of drugs known as beta blockers
is also used to reduce the heart’s
need for oxygen.
Beta blockers block chemical
cues from the brain that normal
ly wovdd cause the heart to speed
up in response to excitement.
The heart responds to the drugs
by slowing.
Doctors then decide when
and if the patients need to
undergo surgery, such as coron
ary bypass, to prevent blood
flow from slowing to the point
the heart muscle is unable to
function.
Nifedipine is a calcium chan
nel blocker, which stops the pas
sage of calcium, needed for
muscle contraction, into muscle
cells, and thus relaxes artery
walls.
The study found that 61.4
percent of 138 patients given
conventional therapy suffered
heart attacks, died or needed
surgery, as compared to 44.1
percent in the nifedipine group.
The groups suffered a near
equal number of heart attacks
and near-equal numbers died.
But the numbers of deaths and
heart attacks would have been
higher in the nifedipine group
had the drug not been effective,
Gerstenblith said.
at s Up at Texas A&M
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Friday
CATHOLIC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Coffeehouse
will be at 8 p.m. in the student center.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: Friday night bible study will
be at 6:30 p.m. Check MSC video for room number.
RESIDENT HALL ASSOCIATION: RHA Casino will be on
the second floor of the MSC from 8 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tickets
are $3.00 in advance and $4.00 at the door. A night of gamb
ling, prizes and entertainment for everyone.
INTER VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Scott Bar
ber will speak at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
TRADITIONS COUNCIL: T-shirts will be on sale in the MSC
all day.
THEATRE ARTS: “Dames at Sea”, a musical, will be presented
April 14-17 at 8 p.m. in Rudder Eheatre. Tickets are available at
the MSC box office and at the door, $2.50 for students and
$3.50 for non-students.
TAMU CHESS CLUB: Players of all strengths are welcome to
the meeting at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Noon bible study will be in the
Baptist student center with fun, bible study and fellowship,
today and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
TAMU LACROSSE I'EAM: Division championship ip
Tulane will be at 1 p.m. on the main drill field.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL;
GINEERS: AIChE Playday will be at noon at LakeSonsj
Maps are available in the ChE office.
TAMU SINGING CADETS: I'he annual spring concenij
at 8 p.m. in Ruddei Auditorium.
INTRAMURAL CANOE RACE: Race will be on a i]
course on the Brazos River at Koppe Bridge Rd. nearly
at 10 a.m.
TEXAS AGGIE MOTORCYCLE CLUB: There iT j
general meeting at 8:30 p.m.
TOYOTA OWNER'S ASSOCIATION: therewillbeit]
up clinic for Toyotas at 10 a.m. in the Systems Huildingp
lot 55.
Sunday
Saturday
WATER SKI CLUB INTERCOLLEGIATE TOURNA
MENT: A tournament sponsored by LSU will be today and
tomorrow at the Tri Fades S ki School on Zachry Lake.
FLORICULTURE-ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE:
There will be a plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: The Presbyter*
meet at the A&M Presbyterian Church, 60L Chwl
and the Disciples will meet in 145 MSC. bothat:
p.m.
YOUNGLIFE: Dr. Bradley will speak on C r cation vs.Ewh|
in 701 Rudder.
UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL: Thefellow«
be at 5:30 p.m. at the chapel. 315 N. College Main.Tbf
also be a discussion on the topic: “Communicatingtht||
News” at 7 p.m. in the chapel.
CATHOLIC: STUDENT ASSOCIATION; There til r
Parent’s Day Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to llamitf
student center. Cost is S1.00 for parents and $1.50forst»j(|
Together, beta and calcium
channel blockers are said to rep
resent a revolution in the drug
treatment of heart disease, the
No. 1 killer of Americans.
Salt dome oil probe begins
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NEW ORLEANS — An in-
Louisiana by a
HOLOCAUST
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APRIL 20 9:00 P.M.
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University Lutheran Chapel
Church of the Latter Day Saints
The history of humans oppressing other humans is
long and depressing. The Holocaust, a story in itself of
horrible dimensions, has become a symbol of the
awfulness of all human oppression. On Tuesday, April
20, a day nationally designated as Holocaust Remem
brance Day, we plan to encourage a responsible ad
dress to the future that still lies before us through a
sorrowful remembrance of what lies in the background
of our human history. We invite all who are interested
in such a concern to join us.
congressional subcommitte is in
vestigating the quality of oil
pumped into underground
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
caverns in the state.
Department of Energy Sl’R
project director Cant Johnson
Wednesday said the inpectors
were dispatched to determine
whether bargeloads of inferior
crude were deposited at the stor
age site at Bayou Choctaw, as
one former official has charged.
The inspectors have met with
state officials.
At this time, no inspections of
similar storage sites in Texas are
under way, nor have there been
accusations of wrongdoing at
those sites.
Johnson said the inspectors,
sent by Rep. Toby Moffett, D-
Gonn., have not contacted him
for clearance to enter the site
near Baton Rouge, but he would
he glad to give them the author
ization.
“There’s at least one in town
but they haven't contacted the
office," Johnson said. “I know
they haven't gone out to the site.
That requires some clearance."
GAO spokesman E.J. Gandi-
lora said one inspector alreach
in New Orleans was to be joined
bv a co-worker 4 hursdav. An in
vestigation alreach was under
way, he said.
A spokeswoman for the Ener
gy Department's inspector gen
eral refused to confirm or dens
whether that agenc\ was in
volved in the investigation.
Moffett, chairman of the
House Government Operations
energy subcommittee, scut the
inspectors in response to allega
tions that bargeloads of so-called
slop oil" were pumpedrl
sioi age c uverns insteaduM
Johnson said ihe M'lp
faken samples tiom liidn
( hex taw lacility to deitA
die qualitv of oil. K
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pled and the inspector™
of tire Department old
has those samples," lied
seriously doubt then:®
problem.”
Earlier this month.
Secretary James Edtrail
the only delivery to iliel
(Ihoctaw site was 9
reds of oil carried
Officials said Moffetts
imestigators to assess
t ions of fraud at the SPRs
Edwards said he belie«i!|
cheating that took placet
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Condominium living is just a
short walk from campus.
A three minute walk from the
main campus brings you to The
Northgate—condominiums custom
designed for Texas A&M students.
Fully furnished all the way
down to the forks and knives, The
Northgate lets you step into an
incomparable student lifestyle with
nothing but a suitcase.
The Northgate offers two and
three bedroom floor plans, kitchens
loaded with GE appliances, includ
ing washer/dryer, and convenient
garage parking.
It’s an excellent investment for
parents and alumni who want to avoid
paying four years’ rent for a college
education. And it will remain an
extremely valuable property long
after you’ve graduated.
But best of all, The Northgate
is convenient to the campus. It’s
less than ten minutes walk from the
main library. And excellent shop
ping, dining and banking facilities
are always just around the comer.
The Northgate is available for
occupancy in August, 1982. Call
Mary Bryan at Green &. Browne for
more information today. 209 E.
University Dr., College Station, TX
77840. Office (713) 846-5701-
Home (713) 693-9858.
A trend setting project of
Texas Development Group.
The Northgate
College Station, Texas
Available Fall 1982
United Press International
OKLAHOMA CITY —
There’s no chance of Oklahoma
falling into the Red River or any
thing so drastic, but the state
does have earthquakes — a few
powerful enough to cause dam
age, the U.S. Geological Survey
says.
The agency Wednesday re
leased a map pinpointing the
locations of 119 earthquakes re
corded from 1897 to 1979. And
additional two tremors have oc
curred since 1979.
The epicenter of much of the
activity is the Oklahoma City
metropolitan area, especially the
capital’s enclosed suburb of
Mustang, according to the map
distributed by the agency’s De
nver regional office.
The mapped earthquakes
range from a Dec. 2, 1897, tre
mor near Wakita in northcentral
Oklahoma to a Sept. 16, 1979,
window-rattler in El Reno.
Carl Stover, a survey geoph
ysicist in Golden, Colo., said the
map did not include the state’s
two most recent quakes, one in
1980 and another in 1981.
The strongest earthquake on
the map occurred April 9, 1952,
near Mustang and tneasm
on the Richter scale, li|
strong enough tocauset
erable damage to pod'!
signed structures, crach
neys and walls, andniakeiil
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agency said.
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