Do You Have Panic Attacks?
Freedom Research, Inc. is seeking volunteers for a 12-week research
study of an investigational medication for panic
disorder. \bu must be 18-65 years old in good health.
You may be paid up to $200 for your participation in the study.
For more information call:
229-0049
MSC Barber Shop
Serving All Aggies!
Cuts and Styles
All Corp Cuts $7.
Regular cuts start at $8.
Six operators to serve you:
Theresa - April - Marti
Hector - Jennifer - Cecil
846-0629
Open: Mon. - Fri. 8 - 5, Sat. 9-4
Located in the basement of the Memorial Student Center
Class of
2000
T-shirts on
sale!
T-shirts are on sale for $10 in the MSC Hallway
January 29-31
May Graduates
Official Texas A&M
Graduation Announcements
On Sale Now
January 3 - February 21, 1997
For Information and to place your order
access the Web at:
http://graduation.tamu.edu
MSC Box Office 845-1234 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
SUMMER JOB!
Are you looking for a fun and exciting job this summer
that is both challenging and rewarding? Do you have
experience working with children ages 5-12? The College
Station Summer Day Camp is now accepting applications
until Feb. 17. The camp is 10 weeks long and offers a
variety of games, art, and field trips. There are two all
day camps ages (5-8) and (9-12) and a half-day camp.
Applications may be picked up at 108 Timber Street #4.
If you have any questions call 764-5480.
SPRING 'MAKEUPS’
It s not too late to get in the ; 97 Aggieland
Don't miss out on this
final opportunity to
be in Texas A&M's Ag
gieland yearbook.
Class pictures will be
taken 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Monday - Friday until
February 21.
Pictures being taken
ON CAMPUS
in MSC basement
across from University PLUS
Bookstore
Hullabaloo
Vocal
Music
Univ.
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PLUS
^^eraTBarber
Yearbook class portraits by AR Photography
Call 693-8183 for more details
Rags
Friday • January 31
Government approves new drui
Diabetes sufferers may be able to reduce insulin s/ioi®®8
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Food
and Drug Administration approved
a drug Thursday that offers a mil
lion diabetics the hope of reducing
their insulin shots.
Hitting pharmacy shelves by
the end of March, Parke Davis’
troglitazone is the first drug to at
tack the underlying trigger of Type
II diabetes, the disease’s most
common form.
It somehow resensitizes the
body to insulin, a hormone that
converts blood sugar into energy.
Some patients — about 15 per
cent of those who tested the drug
— no longer needed insulin shots
because the amount their bodies
manufactured became sufficient
again. Most patients still needed
insulin but required fewer injec
tions each day.
“It’s an exciting new drug,’’ said
Dr. Philip Cryer, president of the
American Diabetes Association.
He issued a caution: “Nobody
ought to abruptly stop their insulin.
They have to work with the doctor
to see if troglitazone has an effect
and then reduce insulin gradually.”
Troglitazone will be sold under the
brand name Rezulin, but Parke Davis
said a price has not yet been set.
About 16 million Americans
have diabetes. Type I diabetes
typically strikes children who
cannot produce insulin and need
daily shots of the hormone to sur
vive. Rezulin should never be
used by them.
Type II diabetes, also known as
the noninsulin-dependent type,
usually hits in adulthood. The
body’s natural insulin gradually
loses its ability to work, letting
blood sugar, or glucose, rise.
Unchecked, that can cause kidney
damage, blindness, heart disease
and other complications.
About 90 percent of American
diabetics have this type. Diet, ex
ercise and pills to boost insulin
production and decrease glucose
production can help. But as they
age, most of these diabetics will
need insulin shots — and a million
of them still cannot adequately
control the disease.
These are the patients Rezulin is
expected to help.
Researchers believe the drug
stimulates a gene to produce more
insulin-controlled proteins that in
turn remove glucose from the
bloodstream — essentially giving
insulin more opportunity to work.
As a bonus, it decreases the body’s
glucose production.
In clinical trials of Rezulin,
some patients “did show a very
considerable and significant ef
fect,” said FDA’s Dr. Solomon So-
bel, who said the drug is the first in
a unique class of medicines.
In a study of 222 patients,
those taking 400 milligrams of
Rezulin a day for six months
slashed their daily insulin dose by
58 percent. Fifteen percent
stopped taking insulin.
Parke Davis expects Thursday’s
FDA approval to be just the first
Diabetes A new drug that resensitizes the body to insulin may allow up:
. to a million Type II diabetics to reduce or stop their insulin
U T U Q shots. About 16 million Americans ha ve diabetes.
Diabetics can suffer
from kidney damage,
blindness, heart disease
and other complications
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10%
Type II
90%
D Insulin, manufactured
by the islets of
Langerhans in the
pancreas, gradually
loses its ability to work,
letting blood sugar, or
glucose, rise.
Type I diabetes
■ Typically strikes children
who cannot produce insulin
■ Requires daily insulin shots
Type II diabetes
m Usually hits in adulthood.
■ Diet, exercise and pills to
boost insulin production can
help in early stages. Ultimately,
many will need insulin shots.
■ About a million of these
diabetics still can’t adequately
control the disease. Rezulin is
aimed at these patients.
E! Type II patients,
usually adults, take
Rezulin orally. In clinical
trials, 400 milligrams
were taken daily.
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use of Rezulin. The National Insti
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people at high risk of developing
Type II diabetes could actually
avoid contracting the disease by
taking the drug.
The drug’s side effects are rare
and mild, the FDA said: some in
fections, pain and headache. It
also can cause an increase in cho
lesterol levels, but the FDA said
the rise is not alarming.
Sobel warned that the
should be prescribed with a
in patients with advanced hei'
liver disease, because animals
ies found signals the drugnt
hurt those organs. It caused flu
tention that increased heart si;
rodents, but the FDA said thos
fects have not been obserai
people who have tried the drug
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* Police Beat
Burglary
Hensel Terrace Apartments - The
driver side window was shattered
and a stereo, a speaker box and
two speakers were stolen from the
victim’s vehicle.
Parking Area 88 - The driver side win
dow was broken and a stereo/com
pact disc player and a speaker were
stolen from the victim’s vehicle.
Military Property Warehouse Laun
dry Room - Several items of cloth
ing left in the laundry room
overnight were stolen.
Read Building - A video cassette
recorder was stolen from a first
floor room.
Misdemeanor Theft
Aston Hall - A white Diamond Back
mountain bicycle was stolen.
Dormitory 12 - A purple Trek moun
tain bicycle was stolen from the third
floor bathroom.
Student Recreation Center - The vic
tim’s unattended brown leather back
pack, containing a wallet, TAMU ID,
Texas drivers license and $25 cash, was
stolen from the women’s locker room.
Appelt Hall - A dry-erasable mark
er board and two markers were
stolen from the door of the victim’s
first floor room.
Harmful Access/Terroristic
Threat
Schumacher Hall - The victim’s e-mail
account was entered without autho
rization and used to send a threat
ening message to another subject.
Driving While Intoxicated
South Bizzell Street - An intoxicated
motorist was arrested and trans
ported to the Brazos County Jail.
Alcohol Overdose
Mosher Hall - An officer was sum
moned to assist TAMU Emergency
Medical Services personnel with an
extremely intoxicated individual. The
subject was transported to a local
hospital for treatment.
False Identification
A traffic stop led to the arrest of a
motorist who attempted to conceal
his identity. The subject was also
operating a motor vehicle with an
expired drivers license and was
wanted on outstanding warrants
held by the College Station and
Bryan Police Departments. The
subject was transported to the Bra
zos County Jail and incarcerated.
Unauthorized Solicitation/Criminal
Trespass Warning
Sbisa Underground Market - A
subject was detected soliciting
magazine subscriptions without
authorization. He was issued a
Criminal Trespass Warning and es
corted from campus.
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What's Up?
Chairman
Friday
Career Center: There will be a
placement orientation at 12 p.m. in
292A MSC.
Rho Delta Chi: There will be a mixer at
6 p.m. in the bowling alley and Hulla
baloo of the MSC. For more informa
tion contact Kim Phan at 847-8461.
MGMT 481-Distinguished Visiting
Executive Series: Marilyn Auver-
mann, the Vice President of Na
tions Bank in Dallas and Charlotte
will be speaking from 10:20 to
11:10 in 144 Koldus.
A&M Baha’i Club: Everyone is invit
ed to join us for an informational din
ner and discussion at 6:30 p.m. For
the location or additional information,
call Kipper at 847-6100.
Continued from Page
“I would never have been ah
give those six years to A&M a®
system had it not been for nr
and friends,” she said.
West's term will not end
she is replaced by the new
man, but she already has pla 1
keep busy as chairman of#
Antonio Livestock Exposition
Texas Student Education Associa
tion (TEAS): There will be a mem
bership drive from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. in the MSC main hallway. This is
for everyone interested in education.
For more information contact Carolyn
at 847-2136, Cathy at 696-1252 or
Amy at 694-2676.
What’s Up is a Battalion service
that lists non-profit student and
faculty events and activities.
Items should be submitted no
later than three days in advance
of the desired run date. Appli
cation deadlines and notices are
not events and will not be run in
What’s Up. If you have any ques
tions, please call the newsroom
at 845-3313.
She said the purpose oftl#
is to provide scholarships #
dents seeking a degree in
tural education. West also hf ! i
establish a professorial chairi 11
College of Agriculture.
She said she hopes to
dents pay for their education.
“I’ve spent the past 30 years" 1
ing with the young people, try"
get them educated,” she said.
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said this even
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