ZO - MANCHESTER HERALD. Thursday, June 2, 1983 Progress In heart attack treatment Clot dissolver shows promise ' ' {• Life: Be-ln-lt Day $265 million tax hike Tension looms By Anna Christensen more quickly and suffered less pain when Anderson. i [ United Press International they received streptokinase. ’rhree of 16 patients treated with' Dr. Jeffrey L. Anderson, who lead the streptokinase and 7 of 12 untreated patiente- I events scheduled headed for the House tor directors 'w<ir>4 - f o BOSTON — Lives of heart attack patients Utah group, said important-functions of the had large amounts of dead heart tissue. On'b were saved and damage to the organ was pumping muscle improved with treatment. treated and four untreated patients died, .. page 11 ... page 7 ... page 6 minimized when treatment included an However, Michigan researcher Dr. Fareed they reported. enzyme that dissolves blood clots given Khaja found the heart’s left ventricle was soon after the onset of chest pains, two not improved. The Detroit group treated patients on ahi average of 5.4 hours after the onset of paim- studies reported today. Anderson’s group had better results The enzyme streptokinase was successful Twelve of 20 patients receiving streptokt-' because they treated patients an average of nase and 2 of 20 given placebo had in minimizing permanent damage to the 1.4 hours sooner, said Dr. H.J.C. Swan of the reestablished flood flow. One of the treated heart by dissolving clots that form in blood Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los An­ group and four of the untreated group died. vessels and reduce flow of blood and oxygen geles. The Anderson group also received to the heart, said the studies in the New anti-coagulants to prevent further clotting The function of the left ventricle did not- England Journal of Medicine. in the heart until patients were able to move improve, Khaja said. Abnormalities of that Cloudy with rain Manchester, Conn. Although the two studies had somewhat around again. portion of the pumping muscle cause blood different results, an accompanying editor­ “ The streptokinase group had a clear-cut clots to develop because the blood doesn’t tonight, Saturday Friday, June 3, 1983 move. i ial said the differences further emphasized and significant benefit" in terms of a — See page 2 Single copy: 25C the need for immediate treatment of chest variety of measures of heart function, Anderson said his results suggest stre|>- i®anrl|ratrr Mrralb pains. recovery and mortality, said Swan. tokinase treatment is beneficial but the UPl photo Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Blood flow to the heart muscle was findings also confirm that patients treated Detroit and the University of Utah College quickly reestablished and pain was relieved more than three hours after the onset of- Prisoner of hospital of Medicine in Salt Lake City both found in 19 of 24 patients who were treated with symptoms still have substantial damage to' fewer patients died and others recovered streptokinase within four hours, said the heart tissue. ' ’ Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk cuddles her 6-month-oldson, Anthony, whose plight as a prisoner of a hospital ward in Miami since birth Lawn fund has drawn the president’s and first lady's attention in an effort to have the child released for home nursing. The child’s insurance Unemployed company will pay for hospital care only though home care is is richer cheaper and the Reagans are is intervening to have the boy released for home treatment. C R o s s m a n ' s by $10,000 Rn(Ji)e\/Rns p r o d u c t s c o m p R n v down again; The last-minute drive for funds to buy roughly eight acres of New AIDS research lead Cheney Lawn to prevent part of it from being used forcondominiums now 10.1% got $10,000 richer suddenly this suggests glandular root morning because John Barnini 3 By Drew Von Bergen happened to step out of the Head into Summer Savings on down slightly from 10.1 percent in Manchester State Bank while By Al Rossiter Jr. Dr. Allen Goldstein, of George United Press International April. Vivian Ferguson was nearby cir­ UPl Science Editor Washington University and chairman Virtually all segment of the job culating a petition in opposition to of the conference, called the reports by WASHINGTON - Unemploy­ market improved during May, the development. WASHINGTON — In a new clue to the Seemayer and Davis "a very impor­ except adult women, where the development of acquired immune tant series of observations.” ment declined for a third straight Barnini, when he learned what month in May to 10.1 percent, the rate jumped slightly from 8.4 Mrs. Ferguson’s errand was, of­ deficiency syndrome, two pathologists He said one possibility is, the percent to 8.5 percent. say studies of tissue from victims of unknown infectious agent — possibly a Outdoor Projects Labor Department reported today, fered a $5,000 donation and Mrs. Civilian employment during AIDS suggest it destroys the gland that virus — that causes the disease, infects qnother sign the nation’s economic Ferguson responded by offering to upturn is gradually improving the May was little changed at 99.6 match it. Some $240,000 is whaf plays a key role in the body’s defenses. the thymus gland. Then, hesaid, it may million. i be the body reacts against the agent job market. opponents of the development are Drs. Thomas Seemayer of the Labor Statistics Comihissioner seeking to purchase the central Montreal Children’s Hospital in Can­ and this reaction destroys the thymus. The May data by the Bureau of Janet Norwood, in remarks pre­ portion of the lawn, which fronts ada and Arthur Davis of Roche Goldstein said much more research Labor Statistics reflected a de­ pared for a congressional hearing, Hartford Road in the Cheney Biomedical Laboratories Inc., Burling­ is needed to confirm the theory. At crease of one-tenth of 1 percent noted that payroll jobs rose National Historic District. ton, N.C., reported their findings least, he said, scientists now have some frond April’s 10.2 percent season­ ally adjusted rate and was the sharply for the second month in a A public hearing will be held by Wednesday at an international confer­ important clues on where to direct their row and hours of work remain ence on thymic hormones. studies. third straight monthly decline of the Planning and Zoning Commis­ that size. high. She said that since December sion Monday on an application by Both researchers, working independ­ Seemayer said he studied thymus payroll employment has increased glands taken from the bodies of six Pressure Treated Despite the drop, there were still owners of the lawn, Wesley Gryk ently, found that thymus glands taken by 800,000. and Michael Lynch, for a zone from the chests of men and women who relatively young heterosexual Haitians 4i5x8’Tima I 11.2 million Americans officially classified as jobless during the Factory hours and overtime change and site-plan approval died of AIDS were virtually destroyed. who died of AIDS, and compared them Resists rot and decay. Easy to hours, both of which had risen handle and long-lasMng. | month, not including about 1.8 permitting condos on a four-acre AIDS, first recognized in 1981, is with five normal Haitian hospital sharply in April, edged down in patients who died after a brief illness A V A Pressure Treated million "discouraged workers" portion of the lawn. known to break down the body’s who have stopped looking for jobs May, she said, noting that while The Cheney National Historic immune system — its defenses against and 20 older Montreal patients who died average weekly hours declined in after a chronic illness. or millions more who are working District Commission will appear at germs. The thymus gland has been Nominal Sizes the month, they were higher than The thymus glands of the six AIDS only part time. Herald photo by Tarquinio the hearing and voice its opposi­ called the ’’master gland of the liie 10.1 percent level is seven- any month since June 1981. tion. (See related story on page 3.) immune system." patients showed marked deterioration Mrs. Norwood said that “ steady compared to the glands from normal tenths of 1 percent below the 10.8 When John Barnini met Vivian Ferguson gone to take a picture of Mrs. Ferguson Barnini, a prominent local devel­ J AIDS has occurred primarily among patients. percent recession high expe­ but small declines have occurred” on Main Street this morning, he decided oper, previously donated historic in the civilian unemployment circulating a petition in opposition to homosexual men, intravenous drug Some of the thymus glands from the rienced last December. Cheney Hall to the town. If $1 abusers, recent Haitian immigrants picture since last December. to offer a donation to keep the Cheney the development, watched Barnini offer older people also showed deterioration, Economy The government’s alternative million can be raised it will be and hemophiliacs who require numer­ jobless rate that includes about 1.7 "The improvement has occurred Lawn from being deveioped. Heraid $5,000 and Mrs. Ferguson match the renovated as a performing center but generally less severe than those in f l 4 i r STM primarily among white adult men ous blood transfusions. the AIDS patients. The thymus gland is m illion members of the armed photographer Al Tarqulnlo;'who had ' offer. and meeting place. The Centers for Disease Controi in Low-priced, standard sized. forces was 10.0 percent in May, and women," she said.