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MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT BREAST CANCER
DURING METHODIST HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM DR. CHAT SESSION OCT.21
Baylor researchers discover secoad gene for
petit mal epilepsy
HOUSTON—(Oct. 7, 1997)^A or not someone has inherited th
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Hpw can i alter my diet now to
iermaas my risk of breast cancer?
Women will have the opportu-
nity to get the answers to these
and other frequently asked ques-
tions about breast cancer during a
Dr. Chat with Dr. Helen Gold-
berg, medical oncologist from 7
to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct 21
"The procedures for diagnosing
and treating breast cancer are ad-
vancing and women have
many questions," said Bonnie
Munroe, director of program de-
velopment for the Methodist
'We encour-
DNA test for petit mal epilepsy.
System (MHS) hoots Dr Chat on
a periodic basis to give the public
the opportunity to converse confi-
dentially with physicians using a
chat room on the World Wide
Web. Each session can be ac-
cessed through the Methodist
Healthcare System web site ad-
dress, www.MHSHeahh.com, and
all sessions are archived for refer-
ence at any time.
For more information on the Dr.
Chat sessions, phone the MHS
HealthLine 377-4884 or 1-888*
883-HEALTH.
The findings, made by re-
searchers in the Blue Bird Circle
Developmental Neurogenetifes
Laboratory at Baylor College Of
Medicine in Houston, appeared^
theOcL'3 issue of the journal Cell.
The mice had common petit lfekl
characteristics of brief pbriodf bf
staring and abnormal brain wave
patterns called "three-per-second
spike-wave" seizures. "This brain
wave pattern is identical to that
seen in children with this common
type of inherited epilepsy," rind
Eh. Jeffrey L. Noebels, professor of
neurology at Baylor and director of
the lab at The Methodist Hospital
"Now that we know the defect^ iti
the mouse gene it will be easies1 to
find it in humans.
Noebels feels the gene discovery
will lead to improved therapies for
patients and to the development 6f
a DNA test to determine whether
cells, controls the regulation of pH
in brain cells.
"This may help scientists under-
stand why some seiznres are
brought on during hyperventila-
tion," Noebels said.
During rapid breathing, pH lev-
els in the brain are altered. In mice
with the gene defect, die brain
cells take longer to recover to a
normal pH level.
"When the pH level is out of bal-
ance, the brain is more prone to
have the petit mal seizures,"
Noebels said. "We don't yet know
why this happens."
Noebels findings were in collab-
oration with The Jackson Labora-
tory in Maine and Yale University.
Earlier this year, The Blue Bird
Laboratory reported a gene discov-
ery for a defect in a calcium chan-
nel ion that causes a related form
of childhood epilepsy.
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Pregnant asthmatics* decreased use of
inhalants can warraiit hospitalization
staff at Ben Taub.
The patients were admitted to
Ben Taub after reporting to the
emergency room with complaints
of shortness of breath, tightness in
the chest and wheezing.
Asthma attacks occur when mus-
cles in the bronchial walls con-
tract, causing partial obstruction of
the bronchi, the tubes entering the
lungs.
The obstructed airways can cause
low levels of oxygen in the blood,
which can be life-threatening to
the fetus and mother, Siddiqi said.
Four of the women in his study re-
quired treatment in the intensive-
care unit, and two needed a respi-
rator.
None of the mothers or babies
Siddiqi studied died, but the babies
were more likely to have low birth
weight (under six pounds).
"Because this was a retrospective
study, we don't know whether the
women's lack of inhalant usage
was due to a fear of taking drugs annual meeting of the American
during pregnancy or to their pri- Thoracic Society earlier this year.
HOUSTON—(Oct. 10, 1997)-
Pregnant women with asthma who
don't use their inhalant medication
could endanger their babies' lives.
Physicians at Baylor college of
Medicine and Ben Taub General
Hospital in Houston reviewed pa-
tient records of 25 pregnant
women who had to be admitted to
the hospital for asthma-related
problems between 1990 and 1995.
Five of the patients were hospital-
ized more than once.
Only 28 percent of the women
had been using steroid inhalants to
open up their lung airways.
"Limited use of inhaled steroid
medication was probably the main
reason these patients developed
asthma-related breathing problems
that warranted treatment in the
hospital," said Dr. Ather Siddiqi, a
Baylor resident specializing in
pulmonary and critical care. He
conducted the study with Dr
Nicola Hanama, assistant profes-
sor of medicine at Baylor and a
member of the emergency center
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That's Just My Baby’s Daddy:
Why Young Black Moms Arent Choosing Marriage?
by Janice Robinson Syndicated Column
ne is ... I can(do . States, 84% of African-American
•If. In the United families have single mothers as the
heads of household. It'5 no secret
that the unemployment rate
for Black men is disproportion-
ately higher than whites. Statistics
show that Black women have a
better chance of securing a well
paying job than Black men. Em-
ployment provides security for
families. If one family member is
consistently out of a job, the stress
of financial
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mary care physician not prescrib-
ing the medication," he said.
"We suspect that asthma is dfl-
derdiagnosed and undertreated in
pregnant women," Siddiqi
"A large prospective study is
needed to confirm and learn more
about the trend of inhalant use
among pregnant asthmatics, par-
ticularly the use of anti-
inflammatory drugs such as in-
haled steroids." __
Siddiqi presented the results jpf
problems will
plague the relationship and make
staying together difficult. When a
young white couple i& .faced
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riage gives them a better chance of
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