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CT^uck’s Pizza. PIZZA - STRO/VIBOLI HOAGIES NATION Page 8 THE BATTALION ruesday, Febran Medium One Topping Pizza *3.50 "Order 3 for free delivery 400 693-BUCK Nicotine may provide benefits for childre WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite its evil image, new research suggests that nicotine is a surprisingly potent drug for a variety of diseases that afflict the brain, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Tourette’s syndrome. Many small studies over the past decade have ex plored the possible benefits of this ubiquitous drug. But the field appears to be taking on fresh life as doc tors test nicotine patches for neurological diseases in both children and the elderly, and drug companies race to concoct nicotine substitutes that carry fewer side effects. At a conference Monday, doctors said the field’s first gold-standard study suggests the patch shows real promise in children with Tourette’s syndrome, a strange affliction in which victims are beset by spates of tics, shouted obscenities and violent urges. Nicotine has many drawbacks, including its unsa vory reputation as the addictive grabber in cigarettes. Some experts believe nicotine’s real future is in fake forms of the drug. “The problem with nicotine is that it is nicotine. You’re asking parents to put their kids on nicotine,” Dr. Paul R. Sanberg of the University of South Florida, who has tested the drug on more than 100 young Tourette’s patients, said. Typically, doctors treat Tourette’s with Haldol, a powerful tranquilizer that is also used against schizo phrenia. In the latest study, Sanberg and colleagues combined nicotine patches and Haldol in 70 children, half of whom got dummy patches. The study found those on nicotine did better and “The data suggests that a low-dose nicotine patch may he useful in Tourette's syndrome.” — Dr. Paul R. Sandberg University of South Florida were able to control their symptoms with lower than usual doses of Haldol. “The data suggest that a low- dose nicotine patch may be useful in Tourette’s syn drome,” Sanberg, said. He and others experimenting with nicotine described their research at a conference in Washington by the American Association for the Advancr Science. Nicotine patches and gum are available! stores without prescriptions. They are intendee smokers wean themselves off'cigarettes. The researchers cautioned that smoking is to get medical nicotine. Besides the obviousci drug levels spike much higher in cigarettes They also say more research is needed befe tine patches become routine to treat diseases, er, Sanberg said that if Tourette’s patients cam trol their symptoms with standard drugs, alu patch might be w orth try ing. Nicotine has been tested for man)’ years in sm experiments against Alzheimer’s disease and more ly against Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s eausesE rigid limbs and a shuffling walk, and like ALfe may also result in problems w ith memory and fe Dr. Paul Newhouse of the University ofij tried nicotine patches on 15 Parkinson'spJ Although there w as no comparison group,hi study suggested that nicotine substantiil proved their movement and relieved their:| difficulties. uesday, Fet la WACO ach who jsketball leir first p nee in 17) :r the woi ans here. The out nee reprii lents she i ting. Hogg’s ffective at ollowed a nembers : XI l/EAtt PASS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 6:00-7:30 PM Rudder 308 Sponsored by: Texas A&M Study Abroad Programs and ITS Tours & Travel Study Abroad Program* Office 16! Bizzell Hall Wrst 845-0544 Clinton pardons black professor who claimed draft was racist Settlement urg in Microsoft ca banging tin. WASHINGTON (AP)-L [ut of each for Microsoft and the fede per a pigsl ernment return to the courts The Battalion Online offers access to The WIRE news from The Associated Press The WIRE provides continuously updated news cov erage from one of the world's oldest, largest news services via The Battalion's web page. A comprehensive, up-to-the minule news report combining the latest AP stories with photos, graphics, sound and video. Headlines and bulletins delivered as soon as news breaks. U.S., World. Business. Sports, Science,technology, Weather, Arts, Special Sections. http://battalion.tamu.edu WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton granted a full pardon Monday to Preston King, who fled to England 39 years ago to avoid a prison sentence for draft evasion. King was a graduate student when he fled from Albany, Ga., in 1961 after be ing sentenced to serve 18 months in prison. He is now a chairman of politi cal science at Lancaster University in England. King refused to report for an Army physical until an all white draft board in Georgia addressed him as “Mr.,” as they did white draftees. He noted that the board addressed him as “Mr. Preston King” before learning he was black and “Preston” after that. The full pardon means King is free to return to the United States for the funer- "He has paid a big price. To lock him up today would amount to overkill." — William A. Bootle Retired U.S. District Court Judge sentenced him to an 18-month term, had made a special appeal to Clinton to pardon King in time for him to attend the dedication of a new federal courthouse under con- struction in Albany that is named for another brother, civil rights attorney C.B. King. The death of Clennon King moved the process up. “He has paid a big price,” wrote re tired U.S. District Judge William A. Bootle, now 96, in a letter to Clinton last year. “To lock him up today would amount to overkill.” The now racially mixed city council in Albany also supported a pardon, as did the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. , In December, the 63-year-old King, Tuesday for a last round of? nanvAmei The gan >ver the ye; irena of mi :ommit felt Currentl .eague (N1 al this week of his brother, Clennon King, who died Feb. 12. King could not be reached Monday. Over the years, he was unable to attend the funerals of his parents or other relatives for fear of arrest. His supporters, who now include the federal judge who spoke about the campaign to pardon him. “After 38 years. I’m still unable to return home,” he said then. “I’m still subject to the threat of arrest and harassment by federal authorities. I am still unable to visit my relations, the graves of my mother and father and brothers.” ments before a final rulingic: antitrust trial that could k mentally change the way sumers buy and use the sofa- needed for computers to opera Even as the oratory wanes Washington, secret settiem talks continue in Chicago,ta hr the best sources indicate little prog® country afu Negotiations are aimed ala? ing an agonizingly slowappe^ battle that could wind through federal courts for years I U.S. District Judge Tta Penf ield Jackson, who limited*! nesses and otherwise eiij neered the trial to progressreii tively quickly, has stronglyufgfi the sides to settle. TheMicrcso! Corp., whose software runsmos of the world’s personalcompul ms, is‘accused of using its Mu rings joy t Howeve idea for his treme footh into effect, they were r The basi games in ei: after the Su rule-changi McMah when it cor ful, meat-e, ence in the technologyindistiytt ' Ser j es ^ illegally undermine rivals. 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