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Show Traveling mammography van aids detection in rural Utah A Sunday, December 2, UVRMC to get pediatric playroom Thanks to McDonald's and those who contribute to the Ronald McDonald's Children's Charities, children who check into the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center will have a place to play. RMCC representatives recently presented UVRMC officials with a check for $18,930 to pay for furnishing a pediatric playroom. To be known as "The Ronald McDonald Playroom," the facility when finished will sport audio-visuequipment, recreational equipment and educational books and ' toys for patients. al Pediatric department director, Carolyn Shumway, said room will help in lifting of discouraged children the morale of those who a lengthy period. U "We need to keep these kids busy," said Shumway. "We appreciate the fact that McDonald's recognizes the needs of a community. They see the big picture where children are concerned." Local McDonald's owner, Dennis Hall, said he was thrilled to have the opportunity to "return to the community" tthat which was given to his family when his baby son needed medical help. Hall said he believed the grant to be the first RMCC grant awarded in Utah. Mark Howard, Chief Executive Officer for Intermountain Health Care in Utah County, thanked foundation representatives and noted that $2 million in charity care is spent annually through the v the playthe spirits and boost are ill for Alzheimer's drug study The University of Utah School of Medicine has been selected as one of 10 centers to participate in a national study to determine whether a new drug will improve mental function in patients with Alzheimer's Disease. More than 25,000 Utahns are among the 4 million Americans who are affected by the pro- gressive degenerative disease that attacks the brain and results in impaired memory, thinking and hehavior. Principal investigator on the Utah study is Gerald Rothstein, M.D., professor of internal medicine and pediatrics and Division of Human Development and Aging (Geriatrics Internal Medicine) in the departments of Internal Medicine r, and Pediatrics. C. Steven M.D., a postdoctoral fellow, also will be involved in the Cure may be around corner for some chronic ulcers for the treatment By NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE For AP Newsfeatures Studies indicate some chronic ul- - ' ; cers may be caused by a type of bacteria, suggesting for the first ; time a cure for the condition. . Bacteria called Helicobacter py- -' lori, which are commonly found in the digestive tract, have been ' linked to ulcer formation, said Dr. Alex Sherman, a gastroenterologist at New York University Medical Center. ; "While several options are avail-- T able to treat ulcers, the findings 'about this bacteria offer a good ; chance at a cure," Sherman said. The organism, which is present I worldwide, is also associated with ; gastritis, an inflammation of the stomach lining. As many as 10 million Americans suffer from peptic ulcers, small inflamed craters in the lining of the stomach or duodenum, the upper part of the small intestine. Sherman says some 90 percent of people with duodenal ulcers and 75 percent of those with gastric ulcers have Helicobacter pylori present in their digestive tracts. About 20 percent of healthy adults have the bacteria. The reason some people with the bacteria develop ulcers and others do not remains to be discovered. Ulcer formation is thought to be a complex reaction involving several factors, of which Helicobcter pylori is essential, Sherman explained. In an Australian study, treatment which eradicated the organism showed a recurrence rate for peptic ulcer of zero, as opposed to the natural recurrence rate of over 80 percent. Sherman said a . combination of bismuth subsalicylate, the active and ingredient in Pepto-Bismo- l, two antibiotics is being considered difficult-to-mana- co-chi- Feh-laue- severe or duodenal ulcer of research. Each center will evaluate six patients who will be given disease. ; The therapy is not without drawbacks. There are adverse side effects in some people, including abdominal pain and rashes. Also, overdoses of bismuth compounds may result in damage to the central nervous system, especially in people with kidney ailments. The current treatment for peptic ulcers, which is usually very effective, generally involves antacids or H2 blockers, drugs which inhibit the production of stomach acid. This allows the ulcer to heal but may not prevent ulcers from recurring. A related area of investigation is the method of diagnosing the presence of Helicobacter pylori. At present, this requires testing samples of tissue removed from the patient's stomach or duodenum. Researchers are working on a simple breath test or blood test that will identify the organism. '. of U to participate in - one HP029, of a category of drugs that substitutes itself for a messenger, enabling one brain cell to talk ic another. The study, to begin Dec. 1, is By KEN RAND Herald correspondent DELTA More women in Utah die from breast cancer than from any other cause. Mammograms, a proven early detection technique can saves lives. Still, fewer than one in six Utah women in the at risk age group, 35 and older, take mammographies. being funded by the drugs man- ufacturer, Hoechst-Rousse- THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1990 l. Study participants will take the medication for one year and undergo repeated evaluations to determine whether mental function improves. Participants will be patients with the accepted national criteria for diagnosis of Alzheimer's and will have mild or moderate manifestations of the disease. This will be a very prelimiary study. We do not expect the treatment to cure Alzheimer's, but we do hope it can cause some improvement, and that it will contribute something to an eventual solution, Dr. Rothstein said. Dr. Rothstein stressed that developing drug treatment is a meritorious approach to treating Alzheimer's until the mechanism by which it develops is understood, but at present drugs remain a small part of the way to handle the disease. A large portion of managing The American Cancer Society and some charities have funding, to pay for tests. "We have never turned away from this hospital a person who truly needed a service but didn't have the monoy to pay for it," Delta and Fillmore Hospital Administrator Gary Stay Said. That philosophy is common at other hospitals. ; There may be several reasons: Inaccessibility. For many rural y residents, driving to a hospital takes too much time from families and jobs. But the Holy Cross Mobile Mammography Program van visits towns in the region to meet that need. The recent cooperative effort between Intermountain Health Care and Holy Cross to bring the van to the IHC-ru- n Delta hospital demonstrates how important health care providers feel getting a mammograph is. Cost. In some states, mammographies cost about $300. But Utah Embarrassment. Fear Mammographers are women. Confidentiality and privacy is respected. When statistics are needed to plan programs, names are not used. Fear of radiation. Fifteen years ago, there was concern that equir ment emmitted too much radiation, con- spired to keep mammographies at cost, about $55. Insurance pays for some tests. Medicare pays for any Alzheimer's revolves around changing a patient's environ- ment figuring out how to match up the patient's world with his problems,' the physician said. of insert- - sitive practitioners have prompted some women to avoid the intimate procedure. But professionals . rer spect a woman's needs. 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