Page 6AThe Battalion/Friday, November 21, 1986 Doctors' health linked to pay, study shows Meat Science and Technology Center Department of Animal Science Holiday Specials GIFT PACKAGES FROM: THE DAIRY PRODUCTS LABORATORY AND THE MEAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER Cheddar Cheese $8. 00 ea. Six months of aging results in a cheese with a smooth, well rounded flavor. Weighs aproximately 2 lbs. Jalapeno Pepper Cheese $8. 00 ea. A special blend of Cheddar cheese and jalapeno peppers. Weighs approximately 2 lbs. Bacon-Cheddar Cheese Spread $9. E ea. Cheddar cheese blended with natural bacon bits. Packaged in a decorated, Limited edition stoneware crock containing approximately 20 02. of cheese spread. Sausage and Cheese Gift Box $19. ea. An Aggie decorated box containing approximately 1.3 lbs. of Summer sausage, 1.3 lbs. of Beef Stick sausage and 2 lbs. of Cheddar cheese. BEEF JERKY (half pound bags) SMOKED BEEF AND PORK SAUSAGE CURED AND SMOKED WHOLE HAMS (bone-in, 15-20 lbs.) $6." per bag $2. 49 per lb. $1. 98 per lb. Other Beef, Lamb. Pork, Sausage and Dairy products are available. All gift packages are sold on a first come first serve basis. Prices effective while supplies last or until December 19, 1986. We are open for business Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Saturday, November 22, for the TCU football game. We are located on the West Campus between the Kleberg Center and the Horticulture/Forest Science Building. (Phone 845-5651) DALLAS (AP) — When doctors’ average annual income declines, their blood pressure goes up and stays high for as long as five years, according to a new study that shows it’s not just poor people whose health is affected by economic status. The finding, in a professional group with an average annual in come of $108,000 in 1984, parallels findings previously made in blue- collar workers, said Robert Swank, an economist from Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore. “There are not many decreases in income among physicians, so their hypertension is fairly low,” Swank said in an interview. But the national average of doctors’ incomes did de cline in six separate years since World War II, he said. For each 1 percent drop in in come, the number of doctors with el evated blood pressure rose 2.5 per cent the next year. “The association is strong,” Swank said. He counted only those cases of high blood pressure serious enough to i cquire medication. Swank studied 1,130 white males who graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School between 1948 and 1964, and compared their incidence of blood pressure with national fig ures on doctors’ incomes. The incidence of high blood pres sure, or hypertension, went up in each of the six years that doctors’ in come declined, and it remained higher than normal for five years af ter the decline, Swank said. He noted that some doctors devel oped higher blood pressure in diffi cult times even though their own in comes might not have declined. Doctors are sensitive to the eco nomic outlook for their profession, and they react with stress and high blood pressure whether or not they are personally affected, Swank said. Previous studies have found that the overall population and blue col lar workers, in particular, suffer from poorer health during difficult economic times, Swank said. “Some people believe that it’s only poor people whose economic status affects their health,” Swank said. How’s Your Night Life? Make it exciting! RITA STREET NOW OPEN 509 University Drive College Station 268-0486 Join the Crowd!! What’s up Friday MANAGEMENT 481: Robert Heaton of La Salle Part® Inc. will speak at 10 a.m. in 1 14 Blocker. CHRISTIAN BUSINESS SOCIETY: will hear a formerV, nam prisoner of war speak on “Prison and God’s Pfomi at 7 p.m. in 1 15 Kleberg. LATTER-DAY SAINT STUDENT ASSOCIATION:! John Hopkins will speak at noon at the Latter Day Saint! stitute Building at 100 E. Dexter. STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE: will sponsor a ft to tour Houston businesses. For more information Student Activities Office at 845-1 133, INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will shot movie, “The Wait of the World.” at 7 p.m. in 301 Ruddf OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet at 11:45 p.m. at Mi Aggie to go to yell practice. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will have a “peanut fellowship” at 1 1 a.m. by Rudder Fountain and a study at 6:30 p.m. in tlie office of A&M Presbytti Church. AFRICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will meet at p.m. in 401 Rudder. WOMEN’S CHORUS: will hold open rehearsals at 10a.n the lounge of the Memorial Student Center as pan Women’s Chorus Awareness Week. VENEZUELAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet the Flying Tomato at 8 p.m. FISH CAMP: applications for Fish Camp ’87 co-chairmena available in 213 Pavilion. Saturday AFRICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will meet at9p in Casa Del Sol party room. HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will b| breakfast at 10 a.m. in the Jewish Student Center. PUERTO RICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION, wi Thanksgiving dinner at 7 p.m. in the Plantation! Apartments party room. Sunday BETA ALPHA PSI: will meet at 7 p.m. at Fuddrucker’s. DANCE ARTS SOCIETY: will have a pizza party and sh(ft| video of last spring’s show at 7 p.m. at the Pizza Pub. Monday CLASS OF ’87: Elephant Walk will start at noon at theL? rcnce Sullivan Ross Statue. TAMU CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: will meet at 7 pj, 404 Rudder. AGGIE ALLIANCE: all tl lose interested in going to theI; pherd convention will meet at 7 p.m. in 167 Read. 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