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Mad cow disease
may force FDA rags
A loophole allowing cosmetics dietary supplements to include
ingredients horn cattle striken with mad cow disease may be closed
by the Food and Drug Administration.
Beef ;soden or hormonal extracts are often found in supplements
and cosmetics but are not tightly regulated by the government.
There has never been a case of mad cow disease reported in the
United States and the FDA does not think it gould be passed to
humans through cosmetics or supplelments. According to FDA
officials, it's what they do not know that is dangerous.
According to industry representatives. there is no reason to believe
that their products could pass on the illenss.
Teen pregnancy rates soar
Early findings that teen-age pregnancy and abortion rates rose
markedly during the 1980 s have been confirmed by a new study.
For the under-15 group, the pregnancy rate was 6.3 pregnancies
per 1000 girls in 1980, rising slightly to 6.9 by 1985 and to 7.1 by
1990. said the federal report published in today's issue of the Journal
of the American Medical Association.
According to the author, epidemiologist Alsion M. Spitz of the
federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United Slates
teen pregnancy rates have continued to be higher than many other
developed countries. Spitz also said that 95 percent of teen
pregnancitts are unintended.
Among girls ages 15 to 19, rates were 88.8 per thousand in 1980,
dipping to 87.7 in 1985 and zooming to 95.9 in 1990. the study
said.
During the `Bos, there continued to be 800.000 teens who became
pregnant each year.
Also during that time, the government's goal was to have no
births in the under-15 age woup by 1990. However in 1990,
22,928 girls younger than 15 conteived;' 11,657 gave birth and
11,271 had abortion, the report said.
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Giving just 45 minutes
your time can
up to four lives
from BANK page 1
There is no risk of contracting
any infectious disease from
donating blood. A new. sterile
needle is used for each donation
and is immediately discarded
afterwards.
"There will be nine nurses to
perform the phlebotomy [drawing
of blood], nursing staff and
volunteers to serve refreshments
and sign people in," said Wygant.
The Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity will continue its
tradition of volunteering at the
blood drive by signing up donors.
Student organizations ale
invited to take part in the
Campus Challenge. The
Campus Challenge is a
competition between student
organizations to encourage
members to donate blood.
All organizations on campus
are eligible to participate.
Members are to register at the
sign-in table for credit. A
personalized sign-in sheet will be
provided at the sign-in station at
the blood drive.
Names of those who
participated will be checked with
a list of participants provided by
the Blood Bank's data processing
department. Each organization
will receive credit for each donor
listed on their sign-in sheet that
Student donates kidney
By William D. Murray
Krught-Ridderalribuns Information
Services
BERKELEY, Calif.-- The final
save of University of California,
Berkeley, hockey goalie Peter
Wemets competitive career will
be one he'll never forget.
Werner, a major reason the
Golden Bears squad won the
Pacific-8 club hockey title this
year, donated a kidney to his
ailing mother, Katherine, at
Chicago's Northwestern
Memorial Hospital Feb. 29.
He did so knowing that his act
would likely end his competitive
hockey career.
"It may sound difficult, but it
was the easiest decision I could
have made," Werner said in a
telephone interview fmm his
family home in Chicago. "It was
the right thing to do to give life
back to my mother, the person
who had given me life."
Werner's mother has suffered
from kidney disease for years as a
result of a childhood bout with
polio. Her condition led to
complete kidney failure in 1994
and a transplant from another
donor.
"I was ready to give up my
kidney in 1994," said Werner,
Blood Drive
completed the donor screening
process.
The top sorority, fraternity and
student club will receive
personalized plaques for
Outstanding Participation.
In the case there is a tie, all
organizations will receive a
plaque. All organizations that
participate will receive a
Certificate of Appreciation from
the Community Blood Bank.
"Presidents should watch their
mailboxes in the Student
Activities Office for letters and
flyers about the blood drive," said
Mc Mahon.
"Last semester 10
organizations took part," said
Eileen Behrer, Staff assistant at
Health and Wellness. "We ate
hoping for the same turn out this
semester [l2O pints]."
who was the only relative whose
tissue matched his mother. "But
at the last minute they found a
donor. Since then I've always
been mentally ready if she needed
my kidney."
The call Werner had hoped he
would never get came in early
February.
"I got a call that her transplant
had failed and she vas in
intensive care," he said. "My
only reaction was how quickly
can I get to Chicago."
'At the time, Werner was
enjoying the finest year of his
hockey cancer, which is a non
scholarship sport at UC•Berkeley.
He was giving up under two
goals a game in the conference
and had a chance.at a tryout with
the Oakland Skates of the roller
hockey kap=
The Golden Bears as a team
were in the midst of their best
club hockey season ever, owning
a league-leading 19-7 mark and
were headed to the national
collegiate club championships in
Tampa Bay, Fla.
"That was the most difficult
part," Werner said. "We had
really worked hard for four years
to build a team and get to the
Thursday, April 4, 1996
save
After the blood is collected, it
is broken down into its different
components. This maximizes
the usage of each pint of blood.
"Four lives can be saved fmm
one pint of blood," said Wygant.
"We spin and separate the blood
into: red cells, platelets, plasma,
and cryoprecipitate, a clotting
factor made from plasma."
The Community Blood Bank
of Erie is the sole supporter of
Erie's five hospitals, therefore the
band tries to attract 1500 people a
month, which amounts to about
1200 pints of blood per month,
300 pints a week.
"We try to attract safe and
healthy people to donate blood,"
said Wygant. "The most
important thing for people to
remember is to &nue regularly."
People can donate every 56 days.
national championships. It was
as if we had achieved our dream."
But Werner never made it to
the championships, and his team
dropped all three of its games at
the tournament without him in
goal.
"There never really is a good
time for something like this," he
said. "But I have no regrets
whatsoever."
Werner also tried to downplay
the scope of his sacrifice.
"It's not like I ran into a
burning building and saved a kid
or something." he said. "I think
this is a decision a lot of people
would make for someone they
love."
Werner has been told he would
not begin feeling normal for
"about six weeks" but planned to
return next week to the Beikeley
campus to continue his senior
year of study in international
relations.