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October 11, II
Acne may be cured
Warped
by Scott McCul
United Press International
NEW YORK — Doctors re
port a drug that went on sale last
month appears to tame the
worst kind of acne.
But Dr. Alan R. Shalita, assis
tant dean of the State University
of New York’s Downstate
Medical Center, stressed the
medicine Accutane should only
be used by those who have se
vere acne and not by patients
with less advanced forms of the
disease.
He said Accutane seems to
work by shrinking the sebaceous
glands.
The medicine, developed by
Hoffmann-La-Roche Inc. and
known generically as isotreto-
noi, offers the first known effec
tive treatment of acne that pro
duces deep pitting and scarring.
He said the major side effect
appears to be chapped or in-
flammed lips, which occurs in 90
percent of patients treated in cli
nical trials.
One course of treatment
usually lasts 15 to 20 weeks. Ab
out one-third of patients who
have undergone therapy with
the new medicine have required
a second course of treatment.
Improvement is seen in some
patients after one month of
therapy. The interesting thing,
Shalita said, is that for many pa
tients the skin continues to im
prove even after the medication
is stopped.
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Strike may aid
United Press International
NEW YORK — If the NFL
players strike drags on, it could
provide a bit of a lift for the busi
nessmen who are investing $ 100
million in the United States
Football League, Commissioner
Chester R. Simmons concedes.
He said a prolonged strike
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could make the fans hungry for
pro football by March when the
USFL launches its 20-game sea
son and could induce some col
lege players to sign with teams in
the new league instead of hold
ing out for jobs in the older
league.
Simmons does not, however,
expect the strike’s impact on the
new league’s fortunes to be big
in any case.
The major question is
whether the fans will go for foot
ball from March through early
July-
Frank M. Magid Associates
Inc., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a
major broadcast research firm,
did the marketing survey for the
promoters of the league and
concluded most fans think the
present pro football season is too
short compared with the 162-
game baseball season and the
82-game pro basketball season.
Simmons said officials and
club owners of the new league
are betting on success where the
World Football League failed af
ter two seasons.
Also, the WFL never got real
television money. The USFL has
a two-year contract with ABC
and a cable contract with Enter
tainment & Sports Network
Inc., which can pipe the games
into 16.5 million homes.
The WFL raided NFL player
rosters and got into a salary war
with the older league. The
USFL will avoid that trap, Sim
mons said. Since its rosters will
necessarily be composed of very
young players, its average salar
ies in the first season may be
almost 50 percent less than those
in the NFL, he said.
Simmons said there art
ty of players available adt;
priced players don’t neces;
mean interesting ft
games.
“We’ve all seen a
football played by teams
lot of expensive stars,”he
Ticket prices will beal
less than NFL prices,Sii
said.
He doesn’t expect the
ity of the USFL’s 12 ted
break even the first seasoal
that, a team would have toy
about $6 million between!
receipts and broadcastanJa
revenue share.
Simmons sees no possibij
players performing in !f
leagues even though their
ing seasons do not ov
player’s contract runs
months. That creates a valiii
al and technical overla
opinion. A few NFL
whose options had i
already have signed wilhl 1
clubs.
Simmons said he is comil
spring football will nothavt!
harmful effect on major lea
baseball.
“In the first place,ourse.-
will have ended by the tins:
baseball pennant races is
start heating up,” hesaid.1
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