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It worked. But after awhile Martha began to get worried. “After I threw up, my left arm would go numb,” she said. Martha got counseling after reading an article that scared her. Hope said bulimics have com mon traits. They usually are attractive, brighter than aver age, involved in activities and predominantly female. Martha and Carol, both attractive young women, make good grades. Both are involved in University activities and Martha is in a sorority. Kimbrough said any kind of stress — career, boyfriend, parental or sexual conflicts — can lead to binge-eating and purging. Binging and purging give a bulimic a feeling of control, she said. Bulimics seem to be perfec tionists who are used to controll- Serving Luncheon Buffet Sunday through Friday 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 $4.95 plus tax ^ OCTOBER 2 Top Floor of Tower Dining Room 3 Sandwich & Soup Mon. through Fri. $2.49 plus drink and tax \ 4-Open to the Public ! “Quality First” THERE’S STILL TO PREPARE. 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Martha said there’s nothing you can do about society, so she has learned to be happy and satisfied with herself and what npor “It occurred to me that I ex pect so much,” Martha said. She said she assumes others expect from her what she expects from them. She said therapy has helped her to realize everything can’t be perfect. She said she has learned to stop herself when she de mands too much of herself. Hope said the therapy group tries to help bulimics change their thoughts and learn not to take events so seriously. She said the group works on handling stressful situations with other ways besides eating. “Knowing why there’s a prob lem won’t solve it, but it gives cues on what we need to i on,” Hope said. Tips from the therapy si for bulimics: take a friend you grocery shopping; cafeteria lines pick upyourtu before you get to the dess® because it’s more d " grab food when your hands® busy; take up a hobby; and iff feel lonely, call a friend. Ktij your mind off eating, Martha and Carol be well on their way to recovei “I’m very happy now,"Csij said. “Grades and looksareiiii reflection of the real me.” Martha agreed: “It’saconij ing thing, but it’s not a thing.” Girl’s ‘cancer’ brings attention to diagnosis United Press International WASHINGTON — Doctors cite the case of a 6-year-old girl who appeared to have a form of cancer as an example of how a non-malignant disease can mimic cancer and possibly lead to unnecessary and hazardous treatment. It turned out that the youngs ter had what physicians call “cat scratch disease,” a benign, self- limiting disorder of the lymph nodes believed to be caused by a virus transmitted by a cat scratch. The case was reported by Dr. Ruth E. Luddy of the University of Maryland Cancer Center in Baltimore in the August issue of Cancer, a journal published by the American Cancer Society. Dr. Luddy said the girl was well until January 1980 when she experienced a one-week period of lethargy and a brief episode of face reddening and eye tears. A week later, she de veloped progressive swelling be low her left eye. Two weeks la ter, the girl’s left eyelid became swollen. The swelling continued and the girl’s doctor referred her to the University of Maryland Hos pital for a biopsy. Examination then revealed enlarged lymph nodes and an enlarged gland near the ear. Tissue samples were taken March 5, 1980. The biopsy sam ples indicated a generally be nign but potentially serious con dition known as histiocytosis X, but because of the uncertainty, the tissues were forwarded for review to the Baltimore Cancer Research Program of the Na tional Cancer Institute and to the institute itself. drugs were contemplated,in she said in an interview she™" reluctant to begin chemotk apy because she was not suit the diagnosis. While the girl was at b awaiting an additional te however, her swelling shra and the tissues became Is tender. Dr. Luddy said pathologists at both centers interpreted the specimen as having an unknown malignant potential. She said the most likely diagnosis was that of a lymphoma, a cancer of lymphatic tissue. Dr. Luddy said it wastk noticed that the girl had at and frequently played witli;t friend’s cats. That su that perhaps cat scratch disea was the culprit — not cancer Skin tests confirmed that girl indeed had cat scratch ili|lierr ease. By July 1980, five monthsi ter the beginning of theordd all the girl’s symptoms tis appeared and Dr. Luddy sa the youngster has been since then. The child was referred to the Maryland cancer center and additional tests were conducted. Dr. Luddy said another biopsy and treatment with anti-cancer In discussing lessons leam from the case, Dr. Luddy sait is likely that similar casesina past may have so closely rest! bled lymphoma that the patit received unnecessarytreatraa IV New brain scanner offers H chance to follow patterns Sherr United Press International A vital new tool is already helping scientists map the pat terns of brain activity associated with mental illness, normal thinking and feelings. The PET — positron emis sion tomography — scanner is a machine that can detect and visualize brain chemistry in ac tion by tracing the consumption of glucose. Eventually it may pinpoint the precise neurobiolo- gical mechanisms that lie at the root of human thought. With PET scans, reports the August issue of Science Digest magazine, a patient is injected with radioactive tracers that mimic the action of glucose metabolism, showing that manic depression and schizophrenia are accompanied by abnorii consumption. 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