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STUDY HURD, PLRY HRRD TRHVEt ERSY Call the Student Travel Specialists: ■ Student Class/Discount Airfare Worldwide ■ Expert Travel Advice ■ Eurail, Britrail, Japan Rail passes 0/ R.PEUlNA Correction Budget, Camping, Adventure & Contiki 18-35 Tours International Student/Youth Identity Cards Spring Break Packages...and more! niRAVELCUlS See the world your way Toll Free 1.800-592-CUTS (2887) usareservations@travelcuts.com www.travelcuts.com THE BATTAL10S In the Page One article "Health Services to offer li shots,” from Monday, Not 4, Student Health Servicer will be offering free flu to A&M students. Faculj and staff can buy a fit for $18. Treatment Continued from page' Stephen J. O’Neal, D.D.S. Texas A&M Hall of Fame Member and Stephen R. Wright, D.D.S. 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You don't know me, but if I were you, I ‘ t« $ 2.00 GUINNESS OR ANY OTHER PINT All Day & All Night Every Thursday PINT NIGHT HAS RETURNED to $ 2.00 ^2.00 off Appetizers from I I-close EVERY NIGHT wouldn’f see that movie. Whoa. That's really scar really scary. ^r Yep. It's a conspiracy against boy friends. T~ BY. mu UOYP Her, you oion't 60 TO THE 6AM6 THIS WeCKEND SOME SCHOa sp»rr. Call 846-0211 for details What Are You Doing After Dark? yt&H, DAMN MY UveUHOOO AND HOPES Of N a stmssfuu future fop ALWAYS SetTWe IN TH6 WAY, the study in Wednesday 1 Journal of the American Medic; Association. While some existing med ernes target HDL, most cow tional tlrug treatment works reducing levels of LDL clwl terol, the bad kind that coc tributes to the formation c plaques that can clog arteo; and lead to heart attacks. Nissen’s study is part of burgeoning area of research k focuses on treatments that ras HDL levels or improve plaque-fighting abilities. His findings stem fi unusual discovery about 1 years ago in the nortl Italian village of Limone Gardia. Italian researcher found that 40 residents the had very low HDL levels, jt paradoxically had low ratesi coronary artery disease. Lab tests revealed a likel explanation: All had a genev* lion in a key protein component HDL. The variation contributed!! larger-than-normal HDL particles, which is believed to make HDl cholesterol especially efficient! removing plaque. Scientists made a synthelit form of the protein, which be found to reduce plaque buildf rapidly in mice and rabbits. The product was first testfJ and shown to be safe for use it humans. This latest experiments is the first timetls substance has been usedtoaci ally treat narrowing of the» ies in people. The study was funded f Esperion Therapeutics Inc.: Ann Arbor, Mich., a snili biotechnology company tilt makes the product. 5 i«t mi 1 ^ rfzTi n The Campus Event of the Year! The place to be is... Reed Arena on... 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