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(DALLAS (AP) — New re-
fcreh supports scientists’ growing
small town suspicion that a variety of common
miles fromC.jlingering infections may raise the
tlit last weeL§risk of hardening of the arteries,
stop. The study, conducted by Austri-
ities haves, i 311 ant ' Lilian researchers, is the lat-
ossible mobIw t0 sll SS est t * iat diseases of the
t and circulatory system are
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onic bacterial infections, such as
m disease, sinus infections, bron-
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The research found that such
chronic infections might triple the
risk of atherosclerosis, the build-up
trrants in V- of clogging deposits in the arteries,
it evidence I One of the researchers. Dr. Ste-
'fan Kiechl of Austria’s Innsbruck
in h{University Clinic, said the findings
ter was am jyV offer clues to how to prevent
enile heariFi < T r ^ ovascu ^ ar disease.
; treate( j y® Researchers suspect that the
, , ,Bdy-wide inflammation prompt-
e. was0 JB by these infections somehow
tojuvemle triggers the production of plaque
in ihe arteries. However, Kiechl
tors want to ; sa jd more studies are needed to
move oppo.. show whether antibiotics or anti-
tey CathyfeAnpammatory drugs can slow or
Parker as' ! stpp this process.
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cular disease even though they do
not have the classic risk factors
such as high blood pressure, obe
sity, diabetes or lack of exercise,
said Dr. Valentin Fuster of Mount
Sinai School of Medicine in New
Ybrk City.
I Fuster said the findings suggest
doctors should be more aggressive
about reducing the risk of chronic
infection by persuading patients to
quit smoking, improve dental
;health and eat properly.
■ The study was published in the
latest issue of the American Heart
jssociation’s journal Circulation.
The researchers looked for
:hanges in the carotid arteries — the
aim b\ood vessels supplying the
ain — of 826 men and women.
volunteers were all white,
anged in age from 40 to 79, and
e-third had chronic infections.
After five years, 41 percent of
em had new build-ups in their
rotid arteries. The risk of this
as three times higher in those
nth chronic infections.
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Dallas Zoo
uthanizes
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DALLAS (AP) — Papa, believed
be the oldest Nile hippopotamus in
tptivity at age 53, was euthanized
londay due to age-related illness.
T he Dallas Zoo’s only hippo had
ifficulty walking, could not lie
own comfortably and had impaired
ision, zoo officials said.
Papa, who weighed more than
,000 pounds, was buried in an off-
xhibit area of the zoo. Results of a
ecropsy will be available in about
yo weeks.
“The decision to euthanize an an
nul is never an easy one,” said zoo
eterinarian Tom Alvarado. “Im-
rovements in animal care and vet-
rinary medicine are making zoo an
nals today live longer than ever
efore, forcing many zoos into an
rea most are unfamiliar with —
eriatric medicine.”
■ Zoo director Rich Buickerood
aid Papa was a favorite for genera-
ioiis of children. The hippo, believed
o have been born in captivity, was
mrc based 45 years ago from a Euro-
»ean breeder.
The zoo will not exhibit hippos
;ain until an underwater viewing fa-
Jity for a herd of hippos is built in
bout five years as part of the Wilds
>f Africa display, he said.
; Zoo officials said several other
lippos in captivity are approaching
’apa’s age. The Smithsonian Na-
tcmal Zoological Park in Washing-
on, D.C., has a 49-year-old hippo
d the Topeka Zoological Park in
nsas has a hippo that is 48.
More than 150,000 hippos remain
the wild, where they generally live
long as 40 years, officials said.
STATE
THE BATTALION
Violence causes Austin to cancel parade
AUSTIN (AP) — Police
have canceled Tuesday
night’s Mardi Gras parade
after a police officer and 30
other people were; injured in
a weekend disturbance
downtown.
The decision to pull the
plug on the annual down
town parade was announced
Monday.
“The protection and safe
ty of the residents of the
Austin community prompted
this action be taken,” a state
ment released by the Austin
Police Department stated.
The statement also said
the department would in
crease police presence in and
around the city’s entertain
ment district on East Sixth
Street. Officers will be strict
ly enforcing the city’s alco
hol and juvenile curfew ordi
nances, the statement said.
Youth under age 18 are
prohibited from being irt the
entertainment district with
out a parent or guardian be
tween 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Some partygoers threw
tt
There were
people in the
crowd going to
Dumpsters in
alleys and
pulling bottles
out and throw
ing them.”
— Halley Cornell
Mardi Gras visitor
beer bottles and smashed
windows early SOnday
morning after a night of rev
elry on East Sixth Street.
Thirty-five people were ar
rested. Five people besides
the police officer were treat
ed at an Austin hospital.
Police used tear gas and
rubber bullets to disperse a
crowd estimated at about
100,000 people.
“There were people in the
crowd going to Dumpsters in
alleys and pulling bottles out
and throwing them at po
lice,” said Halley Cornell, a
Sixth Street visitor from
Houston. “Then police start
ed storming toward them and
spraying pepper spray. It was
a stampede situation.”
Late Sunday and early
Monday, 13 arrests were re
ported on Sixth Street.
Among the alleged offenses
were public intoxication, uri
nating in public places, tam
pering with barricades, inde
cent exposure and
attempting to take a weapon
from an officer.
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